NEETBiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationMCQ+4 / −1
A woman with normal vision, but whose father
was colour bind, marries a colour blind man.
Suppose that the fourth child of this couple was
a boy. This boy -
- AMay be colour blind or may be normal vision
- BMust have normal colour vision
- CMust be colour blind
- DWill be partially colour blind since he is heterozygous for the colour blind mutant allele.
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Correct answer: A
Since the woman’s father was colour blind. She would be a carrier of the colour blindness gene. When she marries a colour blind man. Their progeny could be

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