TABLE TABLE 2.1 The 23rd Pair and X-Linked Colour Blindness
23rd PairPhenotypeGenotypeNext Generation
1. XXNormal womanNot a carrierNo colour blindness from mother
2. XYNormal manNormal X from motherNo colour blindness from father
3. XXNormal womanCarrier from fatherHalf her children will inherit her X. The girls with her X will be carriers; the boys with her X will be colour-blind.
4. XXNormal womanCarrier from motherHalf her children will inherit her X. The girls with her X will be carriers; the boys with her X will be colour-blind.
5. XYColour-blind manInherited from motherAll his daughters will have his X. None of his sons will have his X. All his children will have normal vision, unless their mother also had an X for colour blindness.
6. XXColour-blind woman (rare)Inherited from both parentsEvery child will have one X from her. Therefore, every son will be colour-blind. Daughters will be only carriers, unless they also inherit an X from the father, as their mother did.