12. What is the clinical
deficiency presented by
hemophilic people? What is
the genetic cause of that
deficiency?

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Hemophilia is a disease by
impaired blood clotting the affected
person is prone to internal and
hemorrhages.

Patients with hemophilia have
alteration in the that codifies the
factor of blood clotting, a
located in the non-homologous
of the X chromosome. with
hemophilia B present defect of the
gene the factor IX of
, a gene also located the
nonhomologous region of X
chromosome. Thus both
are X linked diseases.