Teaching MPPSC Assistant Professor Mock Test Series 2025 Life Sciences Inheritance Biology Human genetics
Waardenburg syndrome is a genetic disease characterized by deafness, fair skin, visual problems, and a white forelock, and a patient with the disease approaches a geneticist for counseling. The geneticist constructs the pedigree chart for the patient.
Which of the above modes of inheritance can explain the pedigree shown below, and why?
1
X-linked dominant
2
Autosomal dominant
3
Autosomal recessive
4
X-linked recessive