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Question:

A colour blind man marries a daughter of a colour blind father. What will be the colour blindness status of the generation?

only sons will be colourblind

all children will be colorblind

only daughters will be colourblind

half sons will be colourblind

Solution:

Correct option is D. half sons will be colourblind
Daughter of a color blind father will be a carrier for the trait, as a female has two X chromosomes; genotypically she will be a heterozygous carrier and will be phenotypically normal. If married to a color blind male. The female progenies will be Normal:carrier in a ratio of 1:1. While, the male progenies will be colorblind:normal in a ratio of 1:1. So, the correct answer is 'half sons will be colourblind'