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It is known that the defective gene is carried on the X chromosome, so males are almost exclusively the victim, and white males make up practically the entire percentage of victims. 8 percent of all males are color blind.

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The gene for color blindness is a recessive allele located on the x chromosome. If a color blind man and color blind woman have one son and three daughters how many will be color blind?

Women can not be colorblind, only men. For questions like these a punnett square is useful. Men can not carry the colorblind trait, but women can. I know this is kind of confusing. When a carrier ( a woman with the color blind trait) has children with a man ( color blind or not) her kids will have 50% chance of having that trait. If its a girl, she will be the carrier. If its a boy, he will have the colorblind trait. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION: Theoreticaly, 1 of the daughters will be the carrier, and the son will have a 50% chance of being colorblind. Women can be colorblind, its just rare. About every 6400 women one is colour blind and with men, every 80 men 1 is colour blind.


Can only men be colour blind?

More men are color blind than women because the recessive gene for color blindness is carried by women on one of their X chromosomes. And since they have two X chromosomes, the recessive trait is less likely to be expressed. Since men have an X and a Y chromosome, which is shorter, if a mother passes on her X chromosome with the trait of color blindness, her son will have no corresponding gene on his Y chromosome from keeping it from being expressed. So men are color blind more often than women.


In a survey 16 women out of 20 000 were found to be colour blind What is the expected frequency of colour blind males in this population?

Not all forms of color blindness are hereditary. There are three distinct types of hereditary color blindness, each with different frequencies in the human population, and with distinct genetic causes. Red-green color blindness is more common among males than females, but blue-yellow color blindness is not. Talking about color blindness in general, there is no reliable ratio of male-to-female prevalence.


What is the probability of color blindness if the father is color blind and the mother carries the trait?

All daughters are normal, half the sons are color blind. The above answer is incorrect. Half of the daughters are color blind and half of the sons are color blind. Since the father always donates color blindness, it is up to the mother in each case (in the son's case, the father is irrelevant) to determine if the child is color blind or not. Since she is a carrier, the chance is 50-50.


A color-blind woman mates with a male with normal color vision Which of these results would indicate that color blindness is caused by an X-linked recessive allele?

If the couple has a color-blind son, it would indicate that color blindness is caused by an X-linked recessive allele. This is because sons inherit their single X chromosome from their mother, who carries the recessive allele for color blindness but does not express it due to her second X chromosome providing the normal color vision gene.

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What percent of people are colorblind?

About 8 percent of males, but only 0.5 percent of females, are color blind in some way or another, whether it is one color, a color combination, or another mutation. This is due to males only having one X chromosone - But that's another story.


What percent of men experience some form of color blind?

"Depending on just which figures you believe, color blindness seems to occur in about 8% - 12% of males of European origin..." (Color/ Zelanski & Fisher/ 6th ed.)


The gene for color blindness is a recessive allele located on the x chromosome. If a color blind man and color blind woman have one son and three daughters how many will be color blind?

Women can not be colorblind, only men. For questions like these a punnett square is useful. Men can not carry the colorblind trait, but women can. I know this is kind of confusing. When a carrier ( a woman with the color blind trait) has children with a man ( color blind or not) her kids will have 50% chance of having that trait. If its a girl, she will be the carrier. If its a boy, he will have the colorblind trait. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION: Theoreticaly, 1 of the daughters will be the carrier, and the son will have a 50% chance of being colorblind. Women can be colorblind, its just rare. About every 6400 women one is colour blind and with men, every 80 men 1 is colour blind.


Can only men be colour blind?

More men are color blind than women because the recessive gene for color blindness is carried by women on one of their X chromosomes. And since they have two X chromosomes, the recessive trait is less likely to be expressed. Since men have an X and a Y chromosome, which is shorter, if a mother passes on her X chromosome with the trait of color blindness, her son will have no corresponding gene on his Y chromosome from keeping it from being expressed. So men are color blind more often than women.


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