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Red-green colour blindness is a sex-linked inherited characteristic. The gene (allele) b for colour blindness is recessive to the gene B for normal vision. The gene b is carried only on the X chromosome.
(a) Describe these phenotypes.



(b) Explain why red-green colour blindness is more likely to occur in men than in women. [4 MARKS]

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