Q.

A colour blind man marries a woman with normal sight who has no history of colour blindness in her family. What is the probability of their grandson being colour blind ?

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a

Nil

b

0.25

c

0.5

d

1

answer is B.

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A colour-blind man (XcY) marries a woman with normal sight (XX) who has no history of colour blindness in her family. 

Their offspring: 

Carrier daughters: XCXc ,  XCXc 

Normal sons:  XY,  XY

Assuming that the carrier daughter (XCXc)is married to a man with normal sight (XY), the possibility of their son being colour blind is 25% or 0.25.

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