COLOR BLINDNESS
CAUSE OF DISORDER. A sex-linked, or X-linked disorder.Both mother and father can pass on this disorder. (Fathers to daughters, mothers to sons and daughters)How is it inherited?Fathers with a form of red-green color blindness pass the X-linked gene to their daughters, not sons. Sons cannot receive X-linked genetic material from his father. When the mother passes this X-linked trait to him, he will inherit the color vision deficiency.A daughter who inherits the color-deficient gene from her f9443
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