Hemophilia Inheritance
1. **Stating the problem:** A man has hemophilia, which is an X-linked recessive trait, and his wife is homozygous for the normal allele. We need to determine the genetic outcomes for their children.
2. **Understanding the genetics:** Hemophilia is caused by a recessive allele on the X chromosome. Males have one X and one Y chromosome (XY), females have two X chromosomes (XX).
3. **Parental genotypes:**
- Man with hemophilia: X^hY (X chromosome with hemophilia allele, Y chromosome normal)
- Woman homozygous normal: X^NX^N (both X chromosomes normal)
4. **Possible gametes:**
- Man produces X^h or Y
- Woman produces X^N only (since homozygous normal)
5. **Offspring genotypes:**
- Sons: inherit Y from father and X^N from mother → X^NY (normal, not hemophilic)
- Daughters: inherit X^h from father and X^N from mother → X^NX^h (carriers, not hemophilic because normal allele is dominant)
6. **Conclusion:**
- All daughters will be carriers (have one normal and one hemophilia allele but do not express the disease)
- All sons will be normal (no hemophilia allele)
**Answer:** Option 5. all daughters will be carriers.