Which of the following is the example of sex-linked disease?

Which of the following is the example of sex-linked disease?
  1. AIDS
  2. Colour blindness
  3. Syphilis
  4. Gonorrhoea

Solution

Colour blindness is a inherited as sex-linked (X-linked) recessive traits. Usually, females are carriers and males are affected. Related Theory Colour blindness is a usually hereditary condition that means it is commonly passed down from our parents. Red/green colour blindness is passed from mother to son on the 23 rd chromosome that is called as the sex chromosome as it additionally determines sex.

Asked in: NEET 2002

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