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Multiple Choice
A woman is red-green color-blind. What can we conclude, if anything, about her father?
A
We have too little information to tell.
B
There is a 50% probability that he has normal vision.
C
He has two Y chromosomes.
D
None of the listed responses is correct.
E
He is red-green color-blind.
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Understand that red-green color blindness is a sex-linked recessive trait located on the X chromosome.
Recognize that females have two X chromosomes (XX), and for a female to be red-green color-blind, she must have two copies of the recessive allele (one on each X chromosome).
Since the woman is red-green color-blind, she must have inherited one recessive allele from each parent.
Her father, having only one X chromosome (XY), must have the recessive allele on his X chromosome to pass it to his daughter.
Conclude that the father is red-green color-blind because he has the recessive allele on his single X chromosome.