Principles of Inheritance and Variation Question 113

113. Both husband and wife have normal vision though their fathers were colour blind. The probability of their daughter becoming colour blind is

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(a) 0%

(b) 25%

(c) 50%

(d) 75%

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Answer : a

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(a) The probability of the daughter becoming colour blind arises only when the father is also colour blind.
Husband - XY
Wife XXC (wife is carrier because her father is colour blind)

So, probability of their daughter becoming colour blind is 0%.



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