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

1. A. (1) Fertilization of an XX egg by a normal Y-bearing sperm
2. B. (2) Loss of half of the short arm of chromosome 5
3. C. (3) Loss of half of the long arm of chromosome 5
4. D. (4) Trisomy of 21st chromosome

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