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red-green colorblindeness occurs more commonly in men than it does in women. using this information, which chromosome do you suppose the gene for red-green colorblindness resides on, and is the trait dominant or recessive?

User Noah Blues
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Usually the Y chromosome. It is recessive because if one Y chromosone is mutated with red-green colorblindness and the X is not, the child will have colorblindness. But, if one X chromosome has the mutation and the other X does not, they will cancel out, meaning the child will not have colorblindness.

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