Why is the frequency of red-green colour blindness is many times higher in males than that in the females?

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Why is the frequency of red-green colour blindness is many timeshigherin males than that in the females?

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answered Jan 27, 2018 by Prabhat shukla (704 points) 6
selected Feb 24, 2018 by sarthaks
 
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For becoming colour blind, females must have allele for it in both her X chromosomes. But males develop colour blindness when their sole X chromosome has the allele for it.

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