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Cri-du-chat syndrome in humans is caused...

Cri-du-chat syndrome in humans is caused by the

A

Fertilization of an xx egg by a normal y-bearing sperm

B

Loss of half of the short arm of chromosome 5

C

Loss of half of the long arm of chromosome 5

D

Trisomy of 21st chromosome.

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