Question

Why are coolour blindness and thalessamia categorised as mendelian diorders?

Answer 1

Because these diseases are transferred to the offspring by the genes of the parents.

And it is related to the evolution.

So these diseases are named as mendelian disorders

Answer 2

Thalassemia and colour blindness are categorized as Mendelian disorders because these disorders are alterations or mutations in a single gene. These are transmitted through Mendelian principles of inheritance.

Symptoms of Thalassemia:

1. Dark urine

2. Bone deformities

3. Yellow skin

 

Symptoms of Colour blindness

1. Difficulty in identifying brightness of different colour

2. Inability to tell the difference between shades of the same or similar colors, particularly red and green.