A family consists of two parents and their five children and the pedigree chart below shows the inheritance of the trait colour blindness in them. [5 MARKS] (a) Who is colour blind in the parents - Father or Mother? (b) How many daughters and how many sons have been born in the family? (c) What does the child 1 indicate about this trait? (d) On which chromosome is the gene of this trait located? (e) Name one other trait in humans which follows the similar pattern of inheritance.

A family consists of two parents and their five children and the pedig

1.	A family consists of two parents and their five children and the pedigree chart below shows the inheritance of the trait colour blindness in them. [5 MARKS] (a) Who is colour blind in the parents - Father or Mother? (b) How many daughters and how many sons have been born in the family? (c) What does the child 1 indicate about this trait? (d) On which chromosome is the gene of this trait located? (e) Name one other trait in humans which follows the similar pattern of inheritance.
Answer» A family consists of two parents and their five children and the pedigree chart below shows the inheritance of the trait colour blindness in them. [5 MARKS] (a) Who is colour blind in the parents - Father or Mother? (b) How many daughters and how many sons have been born in the family? (c) What does the child 1 indicate about this trait? (d) On which chromosome is the gene of this trait located? (e) Name one other trait in humans which follows the similar pattern of inheritance.