Biology · Oct / Nov 2024 · Paper 41 · Question 5
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The gene for red-green colour vision is on the X chromosome. There are two alleles for this gene: • The allele for normal colour vision is represented by the letter B. • The allele for red-green colour blindness is represented by the letter b. Fig. 5.1 shows a pedigree chart for a family in which some of the members are red-green colour-blind. male with normal colour vision female with normal colour vision red-green colour-blind male red-green colour-blind female 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 Fig. 5.1
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5(a)[2]
any two from:
parent 2, is homozygous recessive / has two alleles (for red-green colour blindness) ;
only parent 2 can provide the X chromosome for male children ;
males only have one X chromosome and they only need one recessive allele (to be red-green colour blind) ;
red-green colour blindness is a sex-linked characteristic ;
5(b)[5]
parental genotypes: parent 3 XbY and parent 4 XBXb ;
gametes: Xb , Y/0/- and XB, Xb ;
offspring
XBXb,
XBY
XbXb
XbY
genotypesoffspring
normal (colour
normal (colour
colour-blind
colour-blind
phenotypesvision) female
vision) male
female
male
probability: 0.5 / 50% ;
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