Answer to Question #332600 in Biology for Angel

Question

1.   Most sex-linked, recessive traits–including hemophilia and color blindness–appear more frequently in males. This phenomenon is best explained by which statement?

a.   Males have an X chromosome with dominant genes.

b.   Most of the genes on the X and Y chromosomes of males are recessive.

c.   In males, the recessive sex-linked genes appear only on the Y chromosome.

d.   In males, the Y chromosome lacks the genes needed to mask the recessive genes on the X chromosome.