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Title: Relative to females, males are much more likely to suffer from classic hemophilia because
Post by: Capano on Jun 17, 2015
Relative to females, males are much more likely to suffer from classic hemophilia because 
A) when males inherit the recessive hemophilia gene on their Y chromosomes, their X chromosomes do not have a corresponding dominant gene to mask the disease.
B) when males inherit the dominant hemophilia gene on their Y chromosomes, it is highly likely that they will also carry the gene on their X chromosome.
C) only males can inherit the dominant gene responsible for the blood-clotting disease on the larger of their two sex chromosomes.
D) when males inherit the recessive hemophilia gene on their X chromosomes, their Y chromosomes do not have a corresponding dominant gene to mask the disease.


Title: Re: Relative to females, males are much more likely to suffer from classic hemophilia because
Post by: yari on Jun 23, 2015
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Title: Re: Relative to females, males are much more likely to suffer from classic hemophilia because
Post by: Capano on Jun 30, 2015
Thank you!


Title: Re: Relative to females, males are much more likely to suffer from classic hemophilia because
Post by: yari on Jun 30, 2015
Don't mention it!