Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Principles of Inheritance and Variation

Question:

If a female is a carrier for colour blindness, marries a male which is normal, then in the offsprings this disease may be seen in ?

Options:

All the daughters and not in sons. 

50% sons diseased and 50% daughters (carrier).

Both in the sons and in daughters .

50% daughter and 50% sons (carrier).

Correct Answer:

50% sons diseased and 50% daughters (carrier).

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) - 50% sons diseased  and 50% daughters (carrier).

  • Color blindness is a sex-linked recessive disorder, meaning the gene responsible is located on the X chromosome.
  • A female carrier has one normal X chromosome and one X chromosome with the color blindness gene (XCX).
  • A normal male has one X chromosome and one Y chromosome (XY).

When a carrier female (XCX) marries a normal male (XY), the possible combinations for their children are:

  1. For sons:
    • Sons inherit the Y chromosome from their father and one X chromosome from their mother.
    • There’s a 50% chance a son will inherit the XC (color-blind gene) and become color-blind (XCY).
    • There’s a 50% chance a son will inherit the normal X and be normal (XY).
  2. For daughters:
    • Daughters inherit one X chromosome from each parent.
    • There’s a 50% chance a daughter will inherit the normal X from both parents, making her normal (XX).
    • There’s a 50% chance a daughter will inherit the XC from the mother and the normal X from the father, making her a carrier (XCX), but not color-blind.

Therefore, 50% of the sons will be diseased, and 50% of the daughters will be carriers.