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Question 2 • 26-27 Ignite Health Science Concepts - EL3602

Sex-linked genetic conditions are more common in males because:

Answer
A
those conditions only affect the male sexual organs.
B
males only have one copy of the X chromosome.
C
they are all found on the Y chromosome, which females do not have.
D
males inherit the conditions only from their fathers.

Explanation

Males typically have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome, so they have only one copy of most genes on the X chromosome. If that X carries a disease-causing variant, there usually isn’t another X-linked copy to mask it, making some sex-linked conditions more common in males. Thus, the correct choice is “males only have one copy of the X chromosome.”

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