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About 7% of men in a population are red-green colour blind due to a sex-linked recessive gene. Assuming random mating in the population with respect to colour blindness; c) What percentage of men would be colour blind in the next generation?

About 7% of men in a population are red-green colour blind due to a sex-linked recessive gene. Assuming random mating in the population with respect to colour blindness; c) What percentage of men would be colour blind in the next generation?

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About 7% of men in a population are red-green colour blind due to a sex-linked recessive gene. Assuming random mating in the population with respect to colour blindness;

c) What percentage of men would be colour blind in the next generation?

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