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Which one is genetic disease?

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Anaemia
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Thalassaemia
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Cholera

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AIDS
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Solution

The correct option is B Thalassaemia
Thalassaemia

It is an inherited disease which is mainly caused due to the abnormal haemoglobin synthesis. It is transferred by one of the parents who is a carrier of this disease due to either deletion of particular key gene fragments or a genetic mutation.

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