Color blindness is an X-linked recessive gene. Two normal-vision parents produce a color-blind child

(a) Is this child male or female?
(b) What are the genotypes of the parents?
(c) What are the chances that their next child will be a color-blind daughter? What will be an ideal response?


ANSWER: (a) Male
(b) Cc ' CY
(c) no chance to produce a color-blind daughter

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