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  • Generally it is observed that human males suffer from hemophilia more than human females, who rarely suffer from it. Explain giving reasons.  

Generally it is observed that human males suffer from hemophilia more than human females, who rarely suffer from it. Explain giving reasons.

 

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Haemophilia is a recessive X-linked genetic type disorder. Haemophilia is more common among males than females because males only inherit one X-chromosome. There are 46 chromosomes in humans Females have XX chromosome while males have X and Y chromosome. So, male offspring inherit X-chromosome from their mother and Y-chromosome from them father Males only have one X-chromosome and if the X-chromosome and this is the reason that males are suffering from haemophilia is the x-chromosome carries the mutation. While in females as they have so X chromosomes, and this is a recessive disorder.

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