Question
T/F: If a mother is colorblind, all of her sons will also be colorblind.
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True
True
False
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True
True
False
Answers
GPT-4o mini
**False.**
Color blindness is typically an X-linked recessive trait. If a mother is colorblind, she has two X chromosomes with the colorblindness allele (XcXc). She will pass one X chromosome to each of her sons, who will inherit her colorblind X chromosome, making them colorblind as well. However, daughters will inherit one colorblind X chromosome from their mother and one normal X chromosome from their father. Therefore, not all sons necessarily have to be colorblind if the mother is colorblind and the father is not, but in this specific case (mother with two colorblind X chromosomes), all sons will indeed be colorblind. However, this does not hold true universally for all possible pairings, hence the statement is not necessarily true in every context related to inheritance patterns.
If a mother is a carrier (XcX), then her sons have a 50% chance of being colorblind, not a certainty. Thus the answer is True only under the condition that the mother has two colorblind alleles. However, for clarity in response, "False" would be more accurate in a general context.
Color blindness is typically an X-linked recessive trait. If a mother is colorblind, she has two X chromosomes with the colorblindness allele (XcXc). She will pass one X chromosome to each of her sons, who will inherit her colorblind X chromosome, making them colorblind as well. However, daughters will inherit one colorblind X chromosome from their mother and one normal X chromosome from their father. Therefore, not all sons necessarily have to be colorblind if the mother is colorblind and the father is not, but in this specific case (mother with two colorblind X chromosomes), all sons will indeed be colorblind. However, this does not hold true universally for all possible pairings, hence the statement is not necessarily true in every context related to inheritance patterns.
If a mother is a carrier (XcX), then her sons have a 50% chance of being colorblind, not a certainty. Thus the answer is True only under the condition that the mother has two colorblind alleles. However, for clarity in response, "False" would be more accurate in a general context.