Both red/green color blindness (R=normal, r=colorblind) and Duchenne-type muscular dystrophy (D=normal, d=muscular dystrophy) are X-linked recessive traits that map close to each other. A woman has a father who is red/green color blind. Her mother's family has a history of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. This woman is apparently healthy with neither color blindness nor muscular dystrophy. She marries a healthy man and they have four sons and two daughters. Half the sons are healthy but color blind, the other half have normal color vision, but have Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. The daughters are both normal. What is the genotype of the woman? ** The notation is written as X/X (so the / separates the two X chromosomes in a female) Group of answer choices RD/rd rd/rd Rd/rD RD/RD
Both red/green color blindness (R=normal, r=colorblind) and Duchenne-type muscular dystrophy (D=normal, d=muscular dystrophy) are X-linked recessive traits that map close to each other. A woman has a father who is red/green color blind. Her mother's family has a history of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. This woman is apparently healthy with neither color blindness nor muscular dystrophy. She marries a healthy man and they have four sons and two daughters. Half the sons are healthy but color blind, the other half have normal color vision, but have Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. The daughters are both normal. What is the genotype of the woman?
** The notation is written as X/X (so the / separates the two X chromosomes in a female)
| RD/rd |
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