If one of X chromosomes is Barr-body, why aren't more women color blind?

Subject: If one of X chromosomes is Barr-body, why aren't more women color blind?

Date: Thu Oct 28 15:58:30 1999
Posted by Edna
Grade level: teacher/prof School: No school entered.
City: Rehovot State/Province: No state entered. Country: Israel
Area of science: Genetics
ID: 941140710.Ge

Message:


Thank you for your answer of my previous question.  Recently I learned 
that one X chromosome is a Barr body (inactive?).  If this is so, why 
don't more women exhibit sex-linked traits such as color blindness of 
hemophelia?

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