Principle of Inheritance and VariationHard

Question

Of both normal parents, the chance of a male child becoming colourblind are

Options

A.no
B.possible only when all the four grand parents had normal vision
C.possible only when father′s mother was colourblind
D.possible only when mother′s father was colourblind

Solution

Colourblindness is a X-linked recessive disease and the chance of a male child becoming colourblind of a normal parents is only when mother′s father was colourblind.
This is Criss-cross inheritance in which genes are transferred to a child from his maternal grandfather through his mother.

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