Gujarati
Hindi
4.Principles of Inheritance and Variation
medium

In Huntington’s disease, the unaffected persons are homozygous for normal allele $h$. The following is erroneous because

A

it shows both male and female affected by Huntingtons disease

B

either person $6$ or $7$ should have the disease, if individual $11$ shows the disease.

C

at least one of the $2$ children $(8,\,9)$ should have the disease

D

all of these

(AIIMS-2015)

Solution

Since the offspring number $11$ is affected (diseased) either of the two parents $6$ or $7$ have to be affected.

Standard 12
Biology

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