A girl of normal vision whose father was colourblind marries a man of normal vision whose father was also colourblind. Their sons would be (of total number of sons)
A
All colourblind
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B
50% colourblind
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C
All normal
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D
25% colourblind
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Solution
The correct option is A 50% colourblind
Colour blindness is an X-chromosome linked disorder.
Girl of normal vision whose father was colourblind, is a carrier of the disease with genotypes: XC Xc (normal: affected genes) Man of normal vision whose father was colourblind has the genotypes XC Y
The possible genotypes of sons: XC Y (Normal vision), Xc Y (Colourblind), which means that there is a 50% probability of the son to be colourblind.