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Female XX genotype gives advantage for genetic disorders?Moderator: BioTeam
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Female XX genotype gives advantage for genetic disorders?Hello,
I have read that since females have an XX genotype, they have an advantage over males' XY genotype for some genetic disorders. If the female has a recessive allele on one X chromosome it may be covered by a dominant allele on the other X chromosome....but in males, any recessive allele on the X chromosome would be expressed. But, I also read that in females, one of the X chromosomes becomes deactivated into a BARR BODY How does a female have any genetic advantage if one of the X chromosomes becomes deactivated into a Barr Body?
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