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The classic red-green color blindness is carried on the X chromosome.
Men get the x from their mother and the y from their father. If the x has the bad gene then they will be color blind.
If a woman gets the gene from her mother she will be a carrier and able to pass it to her sons (or the carrier state to her daughters) but will be able to see because she has a good gene on the other x chromosome.
There are other forms of color blindness that are inherited in other ways so women can be color blind.
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males dealing with colorblindness
Colorblindness is more common in males than in females because?
the allele for colorblindness is recessive and located on the X chromosomes
Does colorblindness occur more frequently in men or woman?
Males.
Why is there a difference in the numbers of alleles for hemophilia and colorblindness between males and females?
females have xand males dont
What are the main symptoms for colorblindness?
Colorblindness is characterized by not being able to tell apart two colors when they are the same value. Colorblindness is an x-linked trait, so it is much more common in males than females.
Is colorblindness a carried or dominant trait?
The gene is carried and the trait is almost entirely found in males.
Why are males more prone to leprosy than females?
Male
Does color blindness occur in males or females or just one sex?
Red Green colorblindness is more prevalent in males but can occur in females as well.
How is colorblindness genetic?
colorblindness is a genetic disorder.its gene is present on the x- chromosome.mutations or even combination of certain alleles( forms of a gene) can cause color blindnessmore males than females are affected to this disease as males require only one X-chromosome while females are suppossed to receive 2 X chromosomes for her to show the disorder.
Mother inherits color blindness what example is this?
Human being is the best example for this type of inheritance because the gene responsible for colorblindness is present on the X chromosome. Thus a heterozygous female is the carrier of colorblindness and some of the sons from this mother receiving the X chromosome with a gene for colorblindness will be colorblind because in males the other sex chromosome is Y, which remains neutral for such genes.
Is their a cure for colorblindness?
Colorblindness is usually a genetic trait. There is no more a cure for genetic colorblindness than there is for blond hair.
Colorblind male not colorblind female can there kid be color blind?
He will always be colorblind in that case because the defective gene is carried on the "X" chromosome, which males only have one of. You see, the colorblindness gene is recessive, which means if it is paired with a regular color seeing gene it is hidden, and the person can still see the difference between red and green. Because males have only one "X" chromosome, if they get the colorblindness gene from their mother, it will always lead to colorblindness. Side note: Males cannot receive the colorblindness gene from their Father, as he cannot give a "X" chromosome to his son. If he did, his son would be a daughter.
