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ZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationGenetic DisordersEasy2 minPYQ_2020
ZoologyEasysingle choice

A human male who is hemizygous for a gene gives rise to

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Colour blindness is a X-linked recessive disorder. In it, the affected individual has is not able to distinguish colour especially read and green. X-lined disorders are inherent disorders due to mutation in the X-chromosome which causes the phenotype to be always expressed in male and in female only in homozygous condition. Hence, male considered hemizygous for the colour blindedness gene.

Stream:NTA_ABHYAS_NEETSubject:ZoologyTopic:Principles of Inheritance and VariationSubtopic:Genetic Disorders
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