Color Blindness Is an X-Linked Recessive Gene

question 131

Short Answer

Color blindness is an X-linked recessive gene. Two normal-visioned parents produce a color-blind child.
(a) Is this child male or female?
(b) What are the genotypes of the parents?
(c) What are the chances that their next child will be a color-blind daughter?

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Definitions:

Rival

in the context of goods, refers to a type of good for which one person's use diminishes others' ability to use it.

Club Goods

Goods that are excludable but not rival in consumption

Private Goods

Products or services that are consumed by one individual and cannot be used simultaneously by others.

Rival in Consumption

A characteristic of a good whereby its consumption by one individual prevents simultaneous consumption by another individual.