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EXPLAIN WHY THE INCIDENCE OF COLOR BLINDNESS TENDS TO BE HIGHER IN MALES THAN IN FEMALES.
Color blindness is a sex linked recessive trait. The defective gene occurs on the 23rd pair of chromosomes (XX female and XY male) Females must receive two colorblind genes before it is expressed while males only need one because the Y carries no genes.
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Walter Hintz
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Science teacher for over 50 years. MSc. in biology. I can answer questions in general biology, zoology, botany, anatomy and physiology and biochemistry.
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I have a MSc in biology and have been a science teacher for over 50 years. At present I am a faculty member at a college and a science consultant at seven catholic schools.
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The Ohio journal of Science
Momentum-The Journal of the Catholic Education Association
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