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A colour blind man marries a woman with normal sight who has no history of colour blindness in her family. What is the probability of their grandson being colour blind?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
    Nil

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Colour blindness is X-linked recessive ().Man () Woman ().All daughters are carriers (), all sons are normal ().A carrier daughter () marries a normal man ().Their children: (Normal female), (Carrier female), (Normal male), (Colour blind male).Among the grandsons (sons of the daughter), the probability is (or ).

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A colour blind man marries a woman with normal sight who has no history of colour blindness in her family. What is the probability of their grandson being colour blind?
A
B
C
D
Nil

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