document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=132866>Question 132866</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Genetic problem, sex-linked problems.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A man and his wife both have normal color vision, but a daughter has red-green color blindness, a sex-linked recessive trait. The man sues his wife for divorce on grounds of infidelity. Can genetics prove evidence supporting his case? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #97093 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><B>vleith(2983)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=97093\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can he sue? Sure. But he may well lose.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Color blindness is a recessive trait. The only way to have a child born that way is if both parent carry the gene. Assuming neither parent is color blind, both could still be carrying the gene and not know it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, if the father is tested and does not have the gene at all, he has a case. But, he may well have the gene as a recessive trait. In that case, he is 'half of the reason'.<BR>\n" );
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