CET Karnataka Medical CET - Karnataka Medical Solved Paper-2011

  • question_answer
    More men suffer from colour blindness than women because

    A)  women are more resistant to disease than men

    B)  the male sex hormone testosterone causes the disease

    C)  the colour blind gene is carried on the Y chromosome

    D)  men are hemizygous and one defective gene is enough to make them colour blind

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    The gene for colour blindness is present on X-chromosome. If one X-chromosome of female have gene for colour blindness, this will be carrier (normal) but if a male have gene on X-chromosome, it will be colourblind (since only one X-chromnsome is present in male).


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