Colour blindnessismorecommonamongmalesthanfemales.This could beduetocolourbeinginheritedviaageneontheX-chromosome, wheremales haveonlyone,whereasfemaleshavetwo.Waaler(1927)collectedthefollowingdata on colourblindnessof18121schoolchildreninOslo: If thiswerethecase,and denotes theprobabilitythataboyiscolourblind,one wouldexpectthattheprobabilitythatagirliscolourblindshouldbeequalto 2 corresponding tohavingtwocopiesofthecolourblindnessgene.Investigatewhether

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Colour blindnessismorecommonamongmalesthanfemales.This could beduetocolourbeinginheritedviaageneontheX-chromosome, wheremales haveonlyone,whereasfemaleshavetwo.Waaler(1927)collectedthefollowingdata on colourblindnessof18121schoolchildreninOslo:

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If thiswerethecase,and μ denotes theprobabilitythataboyiscolourblind,one wouldexpectthattheprobabilitythatagirliscolourblindshouldbeequalto μ2 corresponding tohavingtwocopiesofthecolourblindnessgene.Investigatewhether the datasupportsuchahypothesis.

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