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A colour blind man marry with a daughter of colour blind father, the generation will be

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all children will be colorblind
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only sons will be colourblind
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only daughters will be colourblind
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half sons will be colourblind
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Solution

The correct option is D half sons will be colourblind
Daughter of a color blind father will be carrier for the trait, as female has two X chromosomes, genotypically she will be heterozygous carrier and will be phenotypically normal. If married to a color blind male. The female progenies will be Normal:carrier in a ratio of 1:1. While, the male progenies will be in a ratio colorblind:normal in a ratio of 1:1
So, the correct answer is 'half sons will be colourblind'

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