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Why can’t human males be carriers for sex linked (x-linked) disorders?

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This is because the X chromosome is large and contains many more genes than the smaller Y chromosome. In a sex-linked disease, it is usually males who are affected because they have a single copy of X chromosome that carries the mutation.

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