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Molecular Basis Of Inheritance

Question
CBSEENBI12002634

select the incorrect statement from the following 

  • Linkage is an exception to the principle of independent assortment in heredity

  • galactosemia is an inborn error of metabolism

  • small population size results in a random genetic drift in a population

  • baldness is a sex-limited trait

Solution

D.

baldness is a sex-limited trait

Baldness is not a sex -limited trait. 
The linkage is an exception to the principle of independent assortment in heredity. Galactosemia is a hereditary disease that is caused by the lack of a liver enzyme required to digest galactose.
Small population size results in a random genetic drift in population.