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A colour blind man marries a daughter of another colour blind man whose wife had a normal genotype. In their progeny.

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All the children will be colour blind
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All their sons are colour blind
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None of the daughters would be colour blind
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Half of their sons and half of their daughters would be colour blind
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Solution

The correct option is D Half of their sons and half of their daughters would be colour blind
Given data:
(1) Color blind man(x'y)
(2) Color blind man(x'y) whose wife had a normal genotype (xx), so one of them daughter is carrier(x'x)
Colour blindness is x linked recessive disorder.
x' y
x' x'x' x'y
x x'x xy
x'x', x'y affected
So, option D is correct.

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