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Both Heamophilia and Thalassemia are blood related disorders in humans Write their causes and the the difference between the two . Name the category of genetic disorder they both come under .

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Heamophilia is a linked recessive disease.
Cause : A single protein that is a part of cascade of proteins involved in the clotting of blood is affected . Due to this , in an affected individual a simple cut will result in non - stop bleeding.
(ii) Thalassemia : It is an autosome linked recessive blood disease . A thalassemia is controlled by two closely linked genes HBA1 and HBA2 on chromosome 16 of parent and it is oberved due to mutation or deletion of one or more of the four genes . the more genes affected, the less alpha globin molecules produced . while a thalassemia is controlled by a single gene HBB on chromosome 11 of each parents and occurs due to mutation of one or both the genes.
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