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Color blindness is a recessive sex linked trait.

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The most common forms of color blindness are recessive. However they are sexlinked, residing on the X chromosome, so the characteristic is more prevalent in males.

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What is colour blindness recessive?

Yes, Color Blindness is recessive, Not dominant. :)


What is a recessive traits?

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