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Which statement best accounts for the hereditary transmission of SDH-linked paraganglioma in a parent specific manner? SDH is:

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The question is incomplete, the complete question is as follows:

Which statement accounts for the hereditary transmission of SDH-linked paraganglioma in a parent specific manner? SDH is:

A) an imprinted gene

B) a y-linked gene

C) an X-linked gene

D) a tumor suppressor gene

Answer:

A) an imprinted gene

Step-by-step explanation:

A paraganglioma is defined as a tumour that begins in nerve cells and have the ability to disperse in the whole body.

Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH)-linked paraganglioma is a heriditary transmitted disorder through an imprinted gene from parents to their childrens. An imprinted genes are expressed in a parents in a different manner which shows mis-expression of the imprinted genes in a specific region to the next generation.

Hence, the correct option is "A) an imprinted gene "

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