divorce on the grounds of infidelity. Both the man and the woman have normal eyes, but there is a daughter who has coloboma iridis, a fissure in the iris of the eye; this is inherited as an X-linked recessive If you were the man's lawyer, could you use this as evidence

divorce on the grounds of infidelity. Both the man and the woman have normal eyes, but there is a daughter who has coloboma iridis, a fissure in the iris of the eye; this is inherited as an X-linked recessive If you were the man's lawyer, could you use this as evidence

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Chapter9: Patterns Of Inheritance

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