NEET2008ZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationActual
Assertion : Persons suffering from haemophilia fail to produce blood clotting factor VIII. Reason : Prothrombin producing platelets in such persons are found in very low concentration.
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
C. If assertion is true but reason is false
Step-by-step solution
Haemophilia, also called bleeder's disease is a X-linked recessive disorder. The person which contains the recessive gene for haemophilia lacks a normal clotting substance (thromboplastin) in blood. So minor injuries cause continuous bleeding and ultimate death of the person due to hemorrhages. Haemophilia is of two types : type A characterized by lack of antihaemophilic globulin (factor VIII) and type B characterized by a defect in plasma thromboplastic component (factor IX). Prothrombin is an inactive plasma prot