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A male with normal vision marries a woman who is color-blind. She gives birth to a...

A male with normal vision marries a woman who is color-blind. She gives birth to a daughter who is also color-blind. The husband claims the child is not his. The wife claims the child is his. Can you support the argument of either parent? If yes, which one? Why?

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Color blindess is an X- linked recessive trait. Father has normal vision which means father has a normal X chromosome and mother is colorblind so both of her chromosomes will be aaffected. In their daughter one unaffected X chromosome must come from the father and one affected X chromosome must come from the daughter/child must be a carrier for the color blindness but question states that she's colorblind too which means that mother or wife is lying and the husband or father is right. The daughter does not belong to him.

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