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  4. Consider the following disorders: Haemophilia, Sickle cell anemia, Cystic fibrosis, Thalassemia, Phenylketonuria, Polydactyly, Kleinfelter's syndrome, Turner's syndrome How many of the above disorders are mendelian autosomal disorders?

Q. Consider the following disorders:
Haemophilia, Sickle cell anemia, Cystic fibrosis, Thalassemia, Phenylketonuria, Polydactyly, Kleinfelter's syndrome, Turner's syndrome
How many of the above disorders are mendelian autosomal disorders?

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Solution:

The mendelian disorder is mainly determined by alteration or mutation in the single gene. Haemophilia, Sickle cell anemia, Cystic fibrosis, Thalassemia, Phenylketonuria, are all mendelian disorder. Polydactyly, Kleinfelter's syndrome, Turner's syndrome are examples of chromosomal disorders.