Q. 9. If a father and son are both defective in red-green colour vision, is it likely that the son inherited the trait from his father? Comment.
Gene for colourblindness is X-chromosome linked, and sons receive their sole X-chromosome from their mother, not from their father. Male to male inheritances is not possible for X-linked traits in humans.
In the given case the mother of the son must be a carrier (heterozygous) for colour blindness gene, thus transmitting the gene to her son.
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