MCQ
Colour blindness is
  • Sex-linked recessive disease
  • B
    Sex-linked dominant disease
  • C
    Autosomal dominant disease
  • D
    Autosomal recessive disease

Answer

Correct option: A.
Sex-linked recessive disease
a
Colour Blindness

$(i)$ It is a sex-linked recessive disorder

$(ii)$ It results in defect in either red or and green cone cells of eye resulting in failure to discriminate between red and green colour

$(iii)$ The gene for colour blindness is present on $X$-chromosome

$(iv)$ It is observed more in males $\left(X^{c} Y\right)$ because of presence of only one $X$-chromosome as compared to two chromosomes in famales

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