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Principles Of Inheritance And Variation

Question
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A normal-visioned man whose father was colour-blind, marries a woman whose father was also colour-blind. They have their first child as a daughter. What are the chances that this child would be colour-blind?

  • 100%

  • 0%

  • 25%

  • 50%

Solution

B.

0%

Colour blindness is a X-linked disease. So, woman whose father was colourblind will be carrier for the disease.

So, possibility of a colourblind daughter (i.e., XcXc in F1 generation is 0%.)