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Principles Of Inheritance And Variation

Question
CBSEENBI12002227

The incorrect statement with regard to haemophilia is

  • It is a sex - linked disease

  • It is a recessive disease

  • It is dominant disease

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

Solution

C.

It is 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.