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Q. In haemophilia, the affected protein is a part of a cascade of protein which is involved in the

Principles of Inheritance and Variation

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Haemophilia is a sex-linked recessive disease, which shows its transmission from unaffected carrier female to some of the male progeny has been widely studied. In this disease, a single protein that is a part of the cascade of proteins involved in the clotting of blood is affected. Due to this, in an affected individual, a simple cut will result in non-stop bleeding.