Red-green colorblindness results from a x-linked recessive allele. 8/100 males i

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Red-green colorblindness results from a x-linked recessive allele. 8/100 males in the United States male population are red-green color blind. Assuming this population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, make the following calculations:

What proportion of the women in the population would you expect to be color blind?

What percent of the women in the population would you expect to be carriers of the red-green color blind allele?

In what proportion of marriages would color blindness affect half the children of each sex?

Explanation / Answer

1). 0.4% of the women would be color blind

2) 50% of the wmen would be carriers

3). If a carrier mother marriies a color bling man

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