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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

    genotypes

    offspring

    normal (colour

    normal (colour

    colour-blind

    colour-blind

    phenotypes

    vision) female

    vision) male

    female

    male

    probability: 0.5 / 50% ;

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