A color-blind women marries a man who is not color-blind and all their sons are color-blind but none of their daughters are color-blind. Color-blindness is likely?

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Tootsie

Biology

15 December, 01:55

A color-blind women marries a man who is not color-blind and all their sons are color-blind but none of their daughters are color-blind. Color-blindness is likely?

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Aryanna Larson · Answer 1

The colorblind trait is linked to the X chromosome, and can only be passed down with the x chromosome. That's what makes it sex linked. It's also recessive, meaning the mother could carry with a different dominant gene.

Lance Bird · Answer 2

Haven't taken biology in a while but recessive gene or sex linked trait. It is both.

The colorblind trait is linked to the X chromosome, and can only be passed down with the x chromosome. That's what makes it sex linked. It's also recessive, meaning the mother could carry with a different dominant gene.