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Principles Of Inheritance And Variation

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A woman has a haemophilic son and three normal children. Her genotype and that of her husband with respect to this gene would be

XX and X^hY

X^hX^h and X^hY

X^hX^h and XY

X^hX and XY

Solution

D.

X^hX and XY

In the above figure,

X^hX - Carrier daughter

X^hY - Haemophilic son

XX - Normal daughter

XY - Normal son

Hence, the correct genotype is X^hX and XY.

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