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Relative to Females, Males Are Much More Likely to Suffer

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Relative to females, males are much more likely to suffer from classic hemophilia because


A) 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.
B) 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.
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 dominant hemophilia gene on their Y chromosomes, it is highly likely that they will also carry the gene on their X chromosome.

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