Red-green color blindness (Xb) is a recessive sex-linked trait. A colorblind male marries a normal color vision female.
Their daughter is colorblind.
What are the genotypes of both parents and the daughter for this trait, in words.
a
Impossible to determine with the given information.
b
The mother is heterozygous, father is colorblind, daughter is heterozygous.
c
The mother is homozygous, father is homozygous, daughter is heterozygous.
d
The mother is heterozygous, father is colorblind, daughter is homozygous.
1 answer
The correct answer is b. The mother is heterozygous (XbX), the father is colorblind (XbY), and the daughter is heterozygous (XbX).