Back to PRINCIPLE OF INHERITANCE AND VARIATION
NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: PRINCIPLE OF INHERITANCE AND VARIATION
1
Medium
1 of 1
Application
+4 | -1
A man with normal vision whose father was colourblind marries with women whose father was also colourblind. Suppose their first child is daughter then what are the chances of this child to be colourblind?
View answer and explanation
Correct option: D
0
The correct answer is D (0) because daughters inherit one X chromosome from each parent, and in this case, the daughter will inherit a normal X from her father and a carrier X from her mother, making her a carrier but not colorblind.
More Questions from PRINCIPLE OF INHERITANCE AND VARIATION
Practice All Chapter MCQs →
A woman has an X-linked condition on one of her chromosomes. This chromosomes can be inherited by
Some individuals with blood group –A may inherit the genes for blonde hair, while other individuals with blood group – A may the gene for brown hair. This can be best explained by the principle of
On crossing two heterozygous tall plants (Tt), and total of 500 plants were obtained in generation. What will be the respective number of tall and dwarf plants obtained in generation?
Colourblindness is caused due to
Syndrome stands for
In phenylketonuria mental retardation takes place due to accumulation of