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How many of the male offspring of parents 1 and 2 were normal?
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A person with one recessive allele for colour-blindness () may not be colour-blind if they are female.
Step 1: Females have two X chromosomes (XX).
Step 2: A female can be heterozygous: , where is the dominant allele for normal vision.
Step 3: The dominant allele masks the recessive 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 .
Step 3: There is no second X chromosome with a dominant allele to mask .
Step 4: The recessive allele is expressed, so he is colour-blind.
The trait is X-linked recessive.
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A person with one recessive allele for colour-blindness (X^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: X^N X^c, where X^N is the dominant allele for normal vision. Step 3: The dominant X^N allele masks the recessive X^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 X^c Y. Step 3: There is no second X chromosome with a dominant X^N allele to mask X^c. Step 4: The recessive allele is expressed, so he is colour-blind. The trait is X-linked recessive.