a) A man with red-green colour blindness is married to a girl with normal colour vision. What is the probability that his children will be colour blind? b) A boy has Duchenne muscular dystrophy. His maternal uncle had died of muscular dystrophy at the age of 21 years. What is the probability that this child's sibs will be affected?

a) A man with red-green colour blindness is married to a girl with normal colour vision. What is the probability that his children will be colour blind? b) A boy has Duchenne muscular dystrophy. His maternal uncle had died of muscular dystrophy at the age of 21 years. What is the probability that this child's sibs will be affected?

Concepts of Biology

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Author:Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise

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Chapter8: Patterns Of Inheritance

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 17CTQ: Can a male be a carrier of red-green color blindness?

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