A normal vision female whose father is colour-blind marries a normal vision male, what would be the probability of her sons and daughter to be colour blind?
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Since colour blindness is x linked recessive disorder...And the daughter is normal then daughter is heterozygous for colour blindness.
The genes are as follows:
Mother:XCXc
Father:XCY
daughters: XCXC and XCXc
Sons:XCY and XcY
therefore there is 50% chance of daughters and sons to be colourblind.
The genes are as follows:
Mother:XCXc
Father:XCY
daughters: XCXC and XCXc
Sons:XCY and XcY
therefore there is 50% chance of daughters and sons to be colourblind.
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