HUMAN BIOLOGY
HUMAN BIOLOGY
16th Edition
ISBN: 9781260233032
Author: Mader
Publisher: RENT MCG
bartleby

Concept explainers

bartleby

Videos

Question
Book Icon
Chapter 21.5, Problem 1CYP
Summary Introduction

To analyze:

The possible genotypes of the parents if both parents have normal vision. 

Introduction:

Color-blindness is an X chromosome-linked recessive disorder.

It is asex-linked genetic condition in which a person is unable to see colors in a normal way.It is caused when light-sensitive cone cells found in the retina of the eye respond to certain colorsdifferently. Cone cells normally sense wavelengths of light and enable the retina to distinguish between colors. But in this disease, thesufferer is not able to distinguish between red and green color mostly and rarely blue.

Blurred answer
Students have asked these similar questions
1. A) Apply the concept of sex linkage to explain why color blindness is more prevalent in men than in women. B) Mary is concerned that she may be a carrier for hemophilia, a sex-linked condition located on the X chromosome. Mary is married to John, who doesn't have hemophilia. Assuming Mary is a carrier, what are the genotype ratios expected for Mary and John's kids (specify for boys and for girls)? C) Mary and John have 2 boys, none of them has hemophilia. Can we use this fact as proof that Mary does not carry the allele for hemophilia? Explain your argument.
Solve the following: In a given family, a man and womanhave two children, a boy and a girl, and both are color-blind. List the possible genotypes of the parents if bothparents have normal vision.
i) Assuming brown eyes (E) are dominant over blue eyes (e), determine the genotypes of all the following individuals. The blue-eyed son of two brown-eyed parents marries a brown eyed woman whose mother was brown eyed and whose father was blue eyed. Their child is blue eyed.

Chapter 21 Solutions

HUMAN BIOLOGY

Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Biology
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, biology and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Co...
Biology
ISBN:9781305251052
Author:Michael Cummings
Publisher:Cengage Learning
How to solve genetics probability problems; Author: Shomu's Biology;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0yjfb1ooUs;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY
Beyond Mendelian Genetics: Complex Patterns of Inheritance; Author: Professor Dave Explains;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EmvmBuK-B8;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY