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4.Principles of Inheritance and Variation
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Given below is a highly simplified representation of the human sex chromosomes from a karyotype.

The genes $a$ and $b$ could be of

A

colour blindness and body height

B

attached ear lobe and Rhesus blood group

C

haemophilia and red-green colour blindness

D

phenylketonuria and haemophilia

(AIIMS-2006)

Solution

Genes $a$ and $b$ lie very close to each other. So, they are representing linked genes. e.g. genes of haemophilia and colour blindness show sex linked inheritance.

Standard 12
Biology

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