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O-LevelBiologyGenetics & Variation5090/11 · Oct/Nov 2024 · Q341 Mark

Night-blindness is an inherited condition in which people have unusually poor vision when light levels are low. The diagram shows the inheritance of night-blindness in three generations of a family. Couple 4 and 5 are expecting their second child, individual 7. What is the probability that individual 7 will be a male and will also show night-blindness as his phenotype? [Diagram]

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A0.500
B0.300
C0.250
D0.125

✓ Correct answer

D: 0.125

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Genetics & Variation, O-Level Biology (syllabus 5090). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Biology, Oct/Nov 2024 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 34.

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