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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Principles of Inheritance and Variation

Question:

Colour Blidness : It is a sex-linked disorder due to defect in either red or green cone of eye resulting in failure to discriminate between red and green colour. This defect is due to mutation in certain genes present in the X chromosome. It occurs in about 8 per cent of males and only about 0.4 per cent of females. This is because the genes that lead to red-green colour blindness are on the X chromosome.( Answer questions 1 to 5)

Which of the following is incorrect regarding colour blindness?(Question 4)
Options:
It is a Mendelian Disorder.
It is a dominant disease.
It is a recessive disease.
It is due to alteration or deletion in a single gene.
Correct Answer:
It is a dominant disease.
Explanation:
Colour blindness is a sex linked recessive disease.