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

A

Trisomy of 21th chromosome

B

Loss of half of the long arm of chromosome 5

C

Loss of half of the short arm of chromosome 5

D

Fertilisation of an XX egg by a normal Y-bearing sperm

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