1. The pedigree chart in Figure 5.29 shows the inheritance of haemopiu family. Study the pattern of inheritance in the pedigree chart, and then answer the questions that follow. о 5 6. 3 8 9 10 11 Key Unaffected male Haemophiliac male О Unaffected female Fig. 5.29 Pedigree chart of a family affected by haemophilia a) What is the genotype and phenotype of individuals 2 and 4? b) (i) How many of the unaffected family members are definitely carriers of the recessive allele? (ii) How are you able to tell which of the family members are carriers? (4) (1) (3) c) (i) If Individual 11 marries a carrier female, what percentage of their sons is likely to be haemophiliacs? (1) (ii) Use a genetic diagram to show how you worked out your answer in i, (6) 2. Why is haemophilia never passed from father to son, even though it is most common in males? (4) 3. Can a mother pass on a sex-linked gene to her daughter? (1) 4. Sipho has red-green colour blindness. One of his grandfathers was also. colour blind. Explain whether it was his mother's father or father's father who had this sex-linked recessive trait. (4)

1. The pedigree chart in Figure 5.29 shows the inheritance of haemopiu family. Study the pattern of inheritance in the pedigree chart, and then answer the questions that follow. о 5 6. 3 8 9 10 11 Key Unaffected male Haemophiliac male О Unaffected female Fig. 5.29 Pedigree chart of a family affected by haemophilia a) What is the genotype and phenotype of individuals 2 and 4? b) (i) How many of the unaffected family members are definitely carriers of the recessive allele? (ii) How are you able to tell which of the family members are carriers? (4) (1) (3) c) (i) If Individual 11 marries a carrier female, what percentage of their sons is likely to be haemophiliacs? (1) (ii) Use a genetic diagram to show how you worked out your answer in i, (6) 2. Why is haemophilia never passed from father to son, even though it is most common in males? (4) 3. Can a mother pass on a sex-linked gene to her daughter? (1) 4. Sipho has red-green colour blindness. One of his grandfathers was also. colour blind. Explain whether it was his mother's father or father's father who had this sex-linked recessive trait. (4)

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