Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Color blindness is caused by a sex-linked, recessive gene. If a woman, heterozygous for the color blind allel?

Color blindness is caused by a sex-linked, recessive gene. If a woman, heterozygous for the color blind allele, marries a man with normal color vision, what percentage of their children will likely be color blind?





none





1/4





1/2





all

Color blindness is caused by a sex-linked, recessive gene. If a woman, heterozygous for the color blind allel?
none, because it is a recessive gene. The children might be carriers for the disease but they will never develop it.
Reply:1/4


0% chance for females


50% chance for males


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