Practice mode Inheritance

A colour-blind man marries a carrier woman. What is the probability that a daughter of theirs is colour blind?

Correct answer B. 1/2

Explanation

Every daughter gets the father's affected X; from the carrier mother she has a 1/2 chance of the recessive allele, so 1/2 of daughters are colour blind.

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