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Alzheimer's disease is an example of autosomal recessive disorder.
(a)True
(b)False

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Important Questions on Heredity and Variation
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The following family tree traces the occurrence of a rare genetic disease. The filled symbols signify the individuals with the disease, whereas the open symbols signify healthy individuals.
Based on this information, the disease is most likely to be:

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Dwarfism, Goiter, Thalassaemia, Diabetes Mellitus

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Pick out the correct statements:
(i) Colour blindness is a sex-linked recessive gene disorder.
(ii) Klinefelter's syndrome is 18th chromosomal trisomy.
(iii) Phenylketonuria is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder.
(iv) Down’s syndrome is due to aneuploidy.

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The genotypes of person 1, 2 and 3 in this family tree are:-

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Fill in the blank with the correct word given in the bracket.
_____ (Klinefelter/Down) syndrome is a chromosomal variation in males in which one extra X chromosome is present.

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