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11 January, 14:45

Why are human males much more likely than human females to inherit the recessive condition hemophilia (a failure of the blood to clot properly) ?

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  1. 11 January, 15:10
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    Human males much more likely than human females to inherit the recessive condition hemophilia because it follows X-linked recessive pattern.

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    Actually hemophilia is an X-linked recessive disorder i-e the defective genes are located on the X chromosome (sex chromosome) and are transmitted through it. As males have only one X chromosome (inherited from mother), one altered copy of the gene in every cell cause this disease. On the other hand females have 2 X chromosomes thus this disease is rare in females.
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