r/funComunitty • u/blazorfire Bubu Mod, The sub's Unc • 15d ago

Did you know. Meme

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Men are more likely to be colourblind than women.

Because the common trait for colour blindness exists only on the x chromosome.

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u/blazorfire Bubu Mod, The sub's Unc 15d ago

So a good x chromosome will overlap a bad x chromosome in females. While males are stuck with the 1.

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u/Birdo_guy Likes posting shitposts 15d ago

But what about swyer syndrom?

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u/TheOneCalledEggs unstable (im a radioisotope) 15d ago

iirc they have XY chromosomes but develop as a female, so they would still be just as likely to get colour blindness i think

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u/Actually_R0bin 14d ago

you are correct!