NEET2018ZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationActual
Assertion : A person may be a haemophilic, only if his mother is a carrier or colourblind. Reason: The male parent cannot pass on a sex-linked gene to his son.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false.
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
A. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
Step-by-step solution
Haemophilia is a X-linked disease. As a person receives X chromosome from mother and Y from father, therefore the person may be a haemophilic if his mother is carrier of the disease. The person will be certainly haemophilic if his mother is haemophilic.