Hemophillia is a sex linked recessive trait in humans. If a father and a son are both hemophilliacs,but the mother is normal,her genotype must be?

1 Answer
Jun 18, 2018

This is a sex-linked trait, which generally means that it's on the #"X"# chromosome.

Males have one of these, and females have two. Thus, if the sex-linked trait is recessive, males will express the trait, while females may be heterozygotes.

In this case, the father and son must necessarily have,

#"X"^"h""Y"#

genotypes.

The mother is a heterozygote. Hence, her genotype is,

#"X"^"H""X"^"h"#

The son has the mother's #"X"# chromosome and the father's #"Y"# chromosome.