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A 2-year-old boy is recently diagnosed with red-green color blindness which is an X-linked recessive disorder....

A 2-year-old boy is recently diagnosed with red-green color blindness which is an X-linked recessive disorder. Which of the following represents correct genotypes of this individual’s parents with respect to red-green color blindness? (X - wild type; X allele; R wild type autosomal allele; r recessive autosomal allele and Y chromosome)

Mom Rr and Dad rr

Mom rr and Dad RR

Mom XX and Dad X'Y

Mom X'X and Dad XY

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d). Mom X'X and Dad XY

The colour blindness is an X-linked recessive disease. Males receive their X-chromosome only from the mother, so the carrier mothers can have affected sons.

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