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Topic: Sex-linked inheritance, Mendelian and chromosomal disorders· Genetics and Evolution

Pick out the correct statements :(a) Haemophilia is a sex-linked recessive disease.(b) Down's syndrome is due to aneuploidy.(c) Phenylketonuria is an autosomal recessive gene disorder.(d) Sickle cell anaemia is an X - linked recessive gene disorder.

1. (a) and (d) are correct.

2. (b) and (d) are correct.

3. (a), (c) and (d) are correct.

4. (a), (b) and (c) are correct.

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Answer: 4. (a), (b) and (c) are correct.

Key idea: Check each statement.

  • (a) Haemophilia is X-linked recessive: correct.
  • (b) Down syndrome is trisomy 21, a type of aneuploidy: correct.
  • (c) Phenylketonuria is an autosomal recessive disorder: correct.
  • (d) Sickle cell anaemia is autosomal recessive, not X-linked: wrong.

So (a), (b) and (c) are correct: option (4).

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