HUMAN BIOLOGY
HUMAN BIOLOGY
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ISBN: 9781260233032
Author: Mader
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Chapter 21.5, Problem 1BTS
Summary Introduction

To determine:

The probability for the Alice’s and Louis’s sons and daughters to had hemophilia and also relate to the actual occurrence in their children.

Introduction:

Hemophilia is an X-linked inherited bleeding disorder that cause abnormal bleeding and impairs the ability of body to produce blood clots. This results in prolonged bleeding after the injury with risk of bleeding inside brain. This X-linked disorder commonly affects the males whereas females act as carrier for the disorder.

Pictorial representation:

Fig.1 represents X-linked inheritance of hemophilia in royal families.

HUMAN BIOLOGY, Chapter 21.5, Problem 1BTS

Fig.1: Hemophilia pedigree of Royal families.

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