If a colourblind man marries a woman who is homozygous for normal color vision, the probability of their son being colourblind is:
Correct answer: A. 0
- A. 0
- B. 0.5
- C. 0.75
- D. 1
Explanation
Color blindness is X-linked recessive. A homozygous normal mother (XX) cannot pass the mutant X; sons get father's Y and mother's normal X so 0% affected sons.
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