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Males are more often affected by sex-linked traits than females becausea.males are hemizygous for the X chromosomeb.male hormones such as testosterone often exacerbate the effects of mutations on the X chromosomec.female hormones such as estrogen often compensate for the effects of mutations on the Xd.X chromosomes in males generally have more mutations than X chromosomes in femalese.mutations on the Y chromosome often exacerbate the effects of X-linked mutations
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