Predict the potential effect of the Lyon hypothesis on the retina of a human female heterozygous for the X-linked red-green color blindness trait.

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Q: Explain how X-linked inheritance differs from inheritance ofautosomal traits.

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Q: Could a woman who expresses the x-linked color-blind trait have a son with normal vision?

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Q: Explain why X-linked recessive traits in humans are observed in more males than females.

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Mitochondrial Mutations

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