Haemophilia is inherited as a/an __________ condition.

1.Autosomal recessive2.Autosomal dominant
3.Sex linked recessive4.Sexlinked dominant

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What is incorrect for Hemophilia?

1. In this disease, a single protein that is a part of the cascade of proteins involved in the clotting of blood is affected.
2. In an affected individual, a simple cut will result in non-stop bleeding.
3. The heterozygous female (carrier) for haemophilia may transmit the disease to her sons.
4. The possibility of a female becoming haemophilic is extremely rare because the mother of such a female has to be hemophilic and the father should be a carrier.
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The family pedigree of Queen Victoria shows a number of haemophilic descendants as she was:

1. Affected by the disease
2. Carrier for the disease
3. Did not carry the allele for hemophilia
4. Was not a queen
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