Multiple choice

Which of the following genetic disorders is a sex linked disease?

  1. Sickle-cell anemia

  2. Haemophilia

  3. Cystic fibrosis

  4. Tay-Sachs disease

  5. Huntington’s disease
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Haemophilia is a hereditary bleeding disorder in which there is a partial or total lack of an essential blood clotting factor. It is a lifelong disorder  that results in excessive bleeding. Due to the sex-linkage of the disorder, there is a greater prominence in males than in females.

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