In humans, the condition red-green color blindness is a sex-linked recessive trait. In a family pedigree analysis, you find that two people with normal color vision have a color-blind son. This is possible if the genotypes of the parents are:

1. XcXc and XcY 2. XcXc and XCY
3. XCXC and XcY 4. XCXc and XCY
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The pedigree shown below cannot be:

I. Autosomal dominant disorder
II. Autosomal recessive disorder
III. Sex-linked dominant disorder
IV. Sex-linked recessive disorder
V. Holandric disorder
 
1. I, II, and III only 2. I, II, III, and V only
3. I, III, IV, and V only 4. I, II, III, IV and V
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Study the pedigree chart of a certain family given below and select the correct conclusion which can be drawn for the character:

 

1. The parents could not have had a normal daughter for this character
2. The trait under study could not be colourblindness
3. The male parent is homozygous dominant
4. The female parent is heterozygous

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Pedigree analysis rather than conventional methods are used to study genetic traits because:

I. Number of progeny is limited
II. Choice matings are not possible
III. Sexual dimorphism is seen in humans
 
1. I only 2. II only
3. III only 4. Both I and II
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The inheritance pattern of a gene over generations among humans is studied by pedigree analysis. The character studied in the pedigree analysis is equivalent to:

1.quantitative trait2.Mendelian trait
3.polygenic trait4.maternal trait

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