Biology: Science for Life with Physiology (5th Edition)
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Author: Colleen Belk, Virginia Borden Maier
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Chapter 8, Problem 10LTB
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The allele is the form of a single gene present in an organism. The different combination of the alleles determines the genotype and
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Consider a couple: a woman who is homozygous for a recessive mutation that causes X-linked colorblindness, and a man with full color vision (he does not carry a copy of the mutation).
a) What is the probability that a son of this couple will be colorblind?
b) What is the probability that a daughter of the couple will be colorblind?
Color blindness is an X-linked recessive disease. A female and a
male with normal vision have 4 children. The phenotypes of the
children are listed below:
2 Colorblind males, 1 normal vision female, one normal vision
male.
Given these results, the female must be a carrier for
colorblindness.
True
False
In humans, the ABO blood type is under the control of
autosomal multiple alleles. Color blindness is a recessive
X-linked trait. If two parents who are both type A and have
normal vision produce a son who is color blind and is type
O, what is the probability that their next child will be a
female who has normal vision and is type O?
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