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Principles Of Inheritance And Variation

Question
CBSEENBI12047354

The incorrect statement with regard to haemophilia is

  • it is a sex-linked disease

  • it is a recessive disease

  • it is a dominant disease

  • a single protein involved in the clotting of blood is affected

Solution

C.

it is a dominant disease

Haemophilia is a sex linked recessive disease. A single protein that is a part of the cascade of protein is involved in the clotting of blood is affected. The heterozygous female for haemophilia may transmit the disease to sons.