Red-green color blindness is X-linked recessive. A woman with normal color vision has a father who is color blind. The woman has a child with a man with normal color vision. Which phenotype is NOT expected?

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A color-blind female is not expected because the mother is a carrier (X^NX^c) and the father has normal vision (X^NY). A color-blind female would require two X^c alleles, which is not possible with this parental combination.

Red-Green Color Blindness Is X-Linked Recessive