How many of the male offspring of parents 1 and 2 were normal?

Biology
How many of the male offspring of parents 1 and 2 were normal?

ScanSolve AI Answer

A person with one recessive allele for colour-blindness (XcX^c) may not be colour-blind if they are female.

Step 1: Females have two X chromosomes (XX).
Step 2: A female can be heterozygous: XNXcX^N X^c, where XNX^N is the dominant allele for normal vision.
Step 3: The dominant XNX^N allele masks the recessive XcX^c allele, so she has normal colour vision.

Males with a similar allele are colour-blind.

Step 1: Males have one X and one Y chromosome (XY).
Step 2: A male with the recessive allele has genotype XcYX^c Y.
Step 3: There is no second X chromosome with a dominant XNX^N allele to mask XcX^c.
Step 4: The recessive allele is expressed, so he is colour-blind.

The trait is X-linked recessive.

Was this helpful?

Still stuck on this one?

Ask a follow-up, and the answer starts from this question.

Got a different question?Ask your own question