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Question
What is criss-cross inheritance?
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Solution
Inheritance of genes from a male parent to a female child and then to a male grandchild or female parent to a male child and then to a female grandchild.
E.g., X-linked gene inheritance.
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Four friends P, Q, R and S were discussing the examples of genetic disorders. The examples they quoted were as follows:
P. Colour blindness and Malaria
Q. Albinism and Cholera
R. Haemophilia and Colour blindness
S. Haemophilia and Albinism
Who gave the correct examples?
