NEET2006ZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationActual
If a colourblind woman marries a normal visioned man, their sons will be:
Options
- Aall colourblind
- Ball normal visioned
- Cone-half colourblind and one-half normal
- Dthree-fourth colourblind and one-fourth normal
Correct answer
A. all colourblind
Step-by-step solution
Colour blindness is a hereditary disease in which the gene for this disease is located on the X-chromosome. So, if a colour-blind woman marries a normal man, then it will produce all colour blind ( X ^ C Y ) sons. In the case of a carrier woman, the probability of a colour-blind son and a normal son is 50:50.