Multiple choice

Which of the following statements regarding the dominant genetic traits is false?

  1. It has vertical transmission.

  2. Both the sexes are unequally affected.

  3. The unaffected persons do not transmit the trait further.

  4. The degree of expression of the abnormal trait varies among the family members.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

In case of autosomal dominant trait both the sexes are equally affected. Some autosomal dominant genes are preferentially expressed in one sex such as gout and pre-senile baldness affecting male.

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