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AIPMT PRELIMS 2005 Botany Sex-linked Inheritance MCQ Question

Type: MCQ-conceptual-Medium-Class 12

A woman with normal vision, but whose father was colour blind, marries a colourblind man. Suppose that the fourth child of this couple was a boy. This boy:

A

must have normal colour vision

B

will be partially colourblind since he is heterozygous for the colourblind mutant allele

C

must be colourblind

D

may be colourblind or may be of normal vision

Correct Answer

Option D

Detailed Explanation

The boy will inherit the X chromosome carrying the colorblind allele from his mother and the Y chromosome from his father, making him colorblind.

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