Question

On what human chromosome might you find the gene for hemophilia?

Why do more males suffer from the disease than females?

Answer 1

X chromosome

Hemophilia is an X linked recessive disease. Females have 2 X chromosomes(46XX) and males(46XY) have only one. So the chromosome affected is always expressed in a male and expressed in a female who is homozygous for affected chromosome.(IE: 2 defective chromosomes)

Females having one affected and one normal gene will not get affected by the disease. They carry the affected gene. There male child have a 50% possibility of getting the disease .

Answer 2

x chromosome, and men get it more often because they only have one gene for it since they are XY so if it is dominate on the X chromosome they Y can't have a recessive gene to not create hemophilia

Answer 3

hemophilia is a sex-linked disorder, occurring mostly to men. It can be attributed to the X-chromosome.