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(a) Why is haemophilia generally observed in human males ? Explain the conditions under which a human female can be haemophilic. (b) Draw the male Reproductive system.

Answer» (a) Haemophilia is caused due to the recessive gene on X-chromosome. Y has no ailele for this. If a male is` X^hY`, then he is haemophilic. If male inherits Xh from the mother, he Will be haemophilic (with the genotype `X^hY`)
If female inherits `X^hX`", one from the carrier mother and one from her haemophilic féther, then she can be haemophilic
(b) For diagram please see Q. No. 29. (a).


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