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What is the inheritance of colour blindness of both parents having anormal vision but mother has a recessive gene for colour blindness :-

A

`50%" "Nil`

B

`100%" "Nil`

C

`Nil" "100`

D

`Nil" "Nil`

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To solve the question regarding the inheritance of color blindness when both parents have normal vision, but the mother carries a recessive gene for color blindness, we can follow these steps: ### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understand the Genetics of Color Blindness**: - Color blindness is a recessive sex-linked disorder, which means the gene responsible for it is located on the X chromosome. The normal vision allele is dominant (X) while the color blindness allele is recessive (Xc). 2. **Identify the Genotypes of the Parents**: - The mother has normal vision but carries the recessive gene, so her genotype is XcX (where Xc is the X chromosome with the color blindness allele). - The father has normal vision and does not carry the gene for color blindness, so his genotype is XY (where X is the normal vision allele). 3. **Determine the Gametes Produced**: - The mother can produce two types of gametes: Xc (with the color blindness allele) and X (with the normal vision allele). - The father can produce two types of gametes as well: X (with the normal vision allele) and Y (the male chromosome). 4. **Perform a Punnett Square Analysis**: - Set up a Punnett square to visualize the possible combinations of gametes from both parents: ``` X | Y ---------------- Xc | XcX | XcY ---------------- X | XX | XY ``` - The resulting genotypes from the Punnett square are: - XX (normal female) - XcX (carrier female) - XY (normal male) - XcY (color blind male) 5. **Analyze the Results**: - From the Punnett square, we see that: - 50% of the offspring are females (XX and XcX), where XX is a normal female and XcX is a carrier female. - 50% of the offspring are males (XY and XcY), where XY is a normal male and XcY is a color blind male. - Thus, the daughters will be carriers, and the sons will have a chance of being color blind. 6. **Conclusion**: - The inheritance pattern shows that 50% of the progeny will be normal, 25% will be carrier females, and 25% will be color blind males. The mother passes the recessive gene to her sons, making them color blind. ### Final Answer: The inheritance of color blindness in this scenario results in 50% normal vision offspring (both male and female), 25% carrier females, and 25% color blind males.
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