Multiple choice

Which of the following chromosomal disorders occurs due to deletion of the short arm of the 5th chromosome?

  1. Down’s syndrome

  2. Patau’s syndrome

  3. Edward’s syndrome

  4. Cri-du-chat syndrome

  5. Turner’s syndrome
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Explanation

Cri du chat syndrome (also known as chromosome 5p deletion syndrome) is a rare genetic disorder due to deletion of the short arm of the 5th chromosome.

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