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Red-green colour blindness in humans is inherited as a trait that is:

Answer: X-linked recessive.

  • A autosomal dominant
  • B Y-linked dominant
  • C X-linked dominant
  • D X-linked recessive

Correct answer: D. X-linked recessive

Explanation: Colour blindness is an X-linked recessive condition, so it is expressed more often in males, who have only one X chromosome.

Monohybrid Cross: Tt x TtParent 1 (Tt)Parent 2 (Tt)gametes: T, t (from each parent)TtTtTTTtTtttRatio 1 TT : 2 Tt : 1 tt (3 tall : 1 short if T = tall is dominant)

Punnett square for a monohybrid cross between two heterozygous (Tt) parents, showing the 3:1 phenotypic ratio predicted by Mendel's Law of Segregation.

Concept context

Mendel's laws, inheritance patterns, DNA structure, and molecular biology. Core of NEET biology.

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