Sickle cell anaemia is due to
Hormones
Viruses
Genes
Bacteria
Given below is a pedigree chart showing the inheritance of a certain sex- linked trait in humans.
The trait traced in the above pedigree chart is
The character of organisms is said to be sex linked when its gene is carried on
A normalvisioned man whose father was colour blind, marries a woman whose father was also colourblind. They have their first child as a daughter. What are the chances that this child would be colour blind ?
Pick out the correct statements.
$I.$ Haemophilia is a sex-linked recessive disease
$II.$ Down's syndrome is due to aneuploidy
$III.$ Phenylketonuria is an autosomal dominant gene disorder
$IV.$ Phenylketonuria is an autosomal recessive gene disorder
$V.$ Sickle cell anaemia is an $X$-linked recessive gene disorder
A woman has a haemophilic son and three normal children. Her genotype and that of her husband with respect to this gene would be