NEET2007ZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationActual
Assertion : Haemophilia is a recessive sex linked disease. Reason : Haemophilia occurs due to mutation of a structural gene on chromosome 15 .
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 known as bleeder disease) is an popular example of sex linked inheritance in human beings. Haemophilia is either of two hereditary disorders in which the blood clots very slowly, due to a deficiency of either of two coagulation factors haemophilia A, due to deficiency of factor VIII (antihaemophilic factor); or haemophilia B, due to deficiency of factor IX (Christmas factor). The patient may experience prolonged bleeding following any injury or wound, and in severe cases there is spontaneous bleed