Principles of Inheritance and Variation Question 165

165. If a colour blind woman marries a normal visioned man, their sons will be

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(a) one-half colour blind and one-half normal

(b) three-fourths colour blind and one-fourth normal

(c) all colour blind

(d) all normal visioned

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Answer : c

Hints & Solution

(c) Colour blindness is a $X$ chromosome linked character. So they’ll be having all colour blind sons and carrier daughters.