Red-green colour blindness is a sex-linked recessive trait. If a colour-blind man marries a woman with normal vision whose father is colourblind and they have a daughter, what is the probability that she will be colourblind?
Correct answer: C. 0.50
- A. 0
- B. 0.25
- C. 0.50
- D. 0.75
Explanation
The woman had a color-blind father. He was, therefore: XcY. Herself, she has normal vision, meaning she is X+X. She certainly didn't inherit the X+ from her dad! Yet her dad must have given her something!! We conclude she got the Xc from her father and that she is X+Xc. Our problem is half solved. Her husband is colorblind. Since he is hemizygous, his genotype must be: XcY Okay, let's look at the children this couple can produce from the image attached. XcY x X+Xc.Out of all the children, we have a 50% or 0.50 chance that she will be color-blind. (NOTE: Extra Point ---->Out of all the daughters, we have a 50% chance that she will be color-blind)
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