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Geni kameni | Like father, like son #3

Daltonizam (sljepoća za boje) je spolno–vezana (uz X kromosom) recesivna bolest. Daltonisti ne raspoznaju crvenu ili zelenu boju jer im nedostaje pigment koji je osjetljiv na određenu valnu duljinu svjetlosti koji se kod zdrave osobe nalaze u receptorima za boju u mrežnici oka.

Podsjećamo čitatelja kako žene imaju dvije kopije X kromosoma, dok muškarci imaju jednu kopiju X kromosoma i jednu kopiju Y kromosoma koji ne nosi podatke za sintezu navedenog pigmenta, dakle hoće li biti daltonisti ili ne odlučuje njihov jedini X kromosom. Njihova djeca nasljeđuju po jedan spolni kromosom od svakog roditelja.

Mala djevojčica Paula ima daltonizam. Pitala je svojeg brata, sestru, oba roditelja, te sve bake i djedove imaju li i oni daltonizam. Neka je x koliko je najmanje te y koliko je najviše potvrdnih odgovora mogla dobiti. Odgovor zapišite kao uređeni par (x, y) (uključujući zagrade).

Colour blindness (daltonism) is a sex-linked recessive disorder (linked to the X chromosome). People with daltonism cannot distinguish between red and green because they lack the pigment sensitive to a specific wavelength of light, which is found in the colour receptors of the retina in healthy individuals.

We remind the reader that women have two copies of the X chromosome, while men have one copy of the X chromosome and one copy of the Y chromosome, which does not carry the information for synthesising the pigment. Thus, whether a man will be colourblind or not is determined by his single X chromosome. Their children inherit one sex chromosome from each parent.

A little girl named Paula has colour blindness. She asked her brother, sister, both parents and all of her grandparents if they also have colour blindness. Let x be the minimum and y the maximum number of positive answers she could have received. Write the answer as an ordered pair (x, y) (including the parentheses).