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Baldness is common in humans. It may occur due to radiation effects, thyroid irregularities and other reasons, but a particular type pattern baldness is hereditary. Hereditary baldness is carried by a dominant autosomal gene, say B. All homozygous BB are bald whether these are men or women. Similarly, homozygous (bb) men and women are always nonblads. In case of heterozygous (E: individuals, however, baldness develops only in men and never in women, because the singleton dominant gene B expresses itself only when push of male hormones is available.
 
hence answer will be 1: 3
 
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