A family consists of two parents and their five children and the pedigree chart below shows the inheritance of the trait colour blindness.
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(i) Who is colour blind in the parents - Father or Mother?
(ii) How many daughters and sons have been born in the family?
(iii) What does the child 1 indicate about this trait?
(iv) Complete the depiction of all probabilities of the trait among the children 2-5 in the chart.
(v) On which chromosome is the gene of this trait located?
(vi) Name one other trait in humans which follows the similar mode of inheritance.

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Solution

(i) The father is colour-blind.

(ii) Three daughters and two sons have been born in the family.

(iii) Child 1 indicates that she has acquired the disease from her father. She is also colour-blind.

(iv) Children 2 and 4 are carriers of the disease. Child 3 is affected because the mother is also a carrier of the disease, and 50% of the progeny will be affected. Child 5 is normal.

(v) The gene of this trait is located on the X chromosome.

(vi) Haemophilia follows a similar mode of inheritance.

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