In a family, father and son express a sex-linked recessive trait. The mother is phenotypically normal. What is the probability that she might be a carrier for the trait?

1. 0 2. 0.25
3. 0.5 4. 1.0
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In Drosophila melanogaster cinnabar eye is a sex-linked recessive trait. A female fly having cinnabar eyes is crossed with a wild-type male. The percentage of the male progeny of this cross with cinnabar eyes is expected to be:

1. 0% 2. 25%
3. 50% 4. 100%
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A normal-visioned man whose father was colour-blind, marries a woman whose father was also colour-
blind. They have their first child as a daughter. What are the chance that this child would be colour–blind?

1.100%2.zero percent
3.25%4.50%

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If a father and son are both affected by red-green colour blindness, then what can be said definitely?

I. The son has received the trait from the father.
II. The mother of the affected son has to be affected by red-green colour blindness.
III. Any sister of the affected son can never be affected by red-green colour blindness.

1.I and II only2.I and III only
3.II and III only4.None

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If a genetic disease is transferred from a phenotypically normal but carrier female to only some of the male progeny, the disease is:

1.Autosomal dominant2.Autosomal recessive
3.Sex-linked dominant4.Sex-linked recessive

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