1. A woman is colorblind. Construct a Punnett square and using versions of the letter “C” determine if she marries a man with normal vision: What are the chances her sons will be colorblind? What are the chances her daughters will be colorblind? What are the chances of having a carrier daughter? 2. Both the husband and wife have normal vision. Their son is colorblind.  What can you conclude about the father’s genotype?  What about the mother’s genotype? Father: Mother:

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1. A woman is colorblind. Construct a Punnett square and using versions of the letter “C” determine if she marries a man with normal vision:

  • What are the chances her sons will be colorblind?
  • What are the chances her daughters will be colorblind?
  • What are the chances of having a carrier daughter?

2. Both the husband and wife have normal vision. Their son is colorblind.  What can you conclude about the father’s genotype?  What about the mother’s genotype?

  • Father:
  • Mother: 

3. If a young girl has fragile X syndrome, a recessive trait (f), what is her genotype?  What are the possible genotypes of her father and mother?

  • Mother: _________ or __________  
  • Father:  _________________
  • If her brother also developed this condition, which parent (father, mother, or both) contributed a disease allele?  Explain your answer as well as constructing Punnett squares to  support your answer.

4. Both the mother and father of a hemophiliac son have normal blood clotting.  What are the genotypes of the mother, the father, and the son? 

  • Mom: 
  • Dad:   
  • Son:

5. If you remove a cell from the inside of your cheek or elbow, how many sex chromosomes would you find inside each of these cells? Explain your answer.

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