Answer to Question #216630 in Genetics for Ket

Question

If the male affected (sick) by color blindness marries the female with normal health (with homozygous genotype), what will be the offspring?

Answer 1

When a color blind father and a mother who carries the color blind gene have children, there is a 50% chance that their sons will be color blind. Their daughters, however, will have a 50% chance of being color blind and 100% chance of being carriers of the gene.