If a Father and a Son Are Both Color Blind

question 58

Essay

If a father and a son are both color blind and the mother is normal, is it likely that the son inherited color blindness from his father?

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Definitions:

Stramenopiles

Protists that have motile cells with two flagella, one of which has tiny hairlike projections off the shaft; include water molds, diatoms, golden algae, and brown algae. See chromalveolates; compare with alveolates.

Evolutionary History

A branch of biology that focuses on the origins, changes, and relationships among organisms over time.

Possessed Mitochondria

Refers to cells that contain mitochondria, the powerhouse organelles responsible for energy production.

Crystalline Rod

A solid material structured in a way that its atoms are arranged in a highly ordered, repeating pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions.