Question

Colour blindness and sickle cell anaemia are examples of Mendelian disorders. True or false?

• A. True
• B. Fale

Answer 1

The correct option is A

True

Mendelian disorders are mainly determined by alteration or mutation in the single gene. These disorders are transmitted to the offspring from the previous generations and have dominant and recessive characteristics. Colour blindness is an X-linked recessive disorder, and sickle cell anaemia is an autosomal recessive disorder.