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A colour blind girl is rare because she will be only when :

A

her mother and maternal grandfather were colourblind

B

her father and maternal grandfather were colourblind

C

her mother is colour blind and father has normal vision

D

parents have normal vision but grand parents were colourblind

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B

For a girl to be colourblind, the genotype of her father should be `X^(C )Y` and of her mother either `X^(C )X` or `X^(C ) X^(C )`, where `X^(C )` represents colour blind gene.
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