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Assertion : Haemophilia never occurs in women.
Reason : Gene for hemophilia is located on X chromoseome.

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If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reasons is a correct explanation of the assertion

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If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion

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If the assertion is true but the reson is false

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If both the assertion and reason are false

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Haemophilia never occurs in women because it is a recessive gene disease if both the sex chromosome `X^(th),X^(h),` it will be lethal i.e. such female die before birth. Its gene is never found on chromosome Y.
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