Question 26

(Multiple Choice)

In humans, the allele for red-green color blindness is X-linked and recessive (Xʳ; the dominant allele is called Xᴿ). A man with normal color vision marries a color-blind woman who gives birth to a color-blind daughter. What can be inferred from this information?


A) The woman is XᴿXʳ.
B) The man must be a carrier for the color blindness allele.
C) The daughter must be heterozygous.
D) The man is probably NOT the father of the daughter.

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