Which of the following statements is true about vitamin and minerals?
a. vitamin d is a water-soluble vitamin that is stored as hydroxycholecalciferol and released so that bones and teeth form normally.
b. deficiencies in vitamin b12 can lead to pernicious anemia.
c. iodine in used to construct hemoglobin and is concentrated in the thyroid gland
d. vitamin c, also known as folic acid, can lead to kidney stone formation when it is too heavily concentrated.

The correct answer is option b. "Deficiencies in Vitamin B12 can lead to pernicious anemia".

Explanation:

Pernicious anemia is a medical condition at which the body could not make enough healthy red blood cells because it lacks vitamin B-12. The lack of vitamin B-12 makes that red blood cells became bigger, which makes them inefficient for oxygen transportation, producing anemia in the patient. This condition is easily treated with the intake of vitamin B-12 pills or shots

an individual’s sex (i.e., whether they are a male or female) is determined by the sex chromosomes. most people have two sex chromosomes, one that is inherited from their mother and one that is inherited from their father. typically, females have two x chromosomes (xx) and males have one x chromosome and one y chromosome (xy). conditions caused by changes (“mutations”) in genes located on the x chromosome are considered x-linked.

x-linked recessive inheritance

most x-linked conditions are recessive. this means that in a person with two x chromosomes (most females), both copies of a gene (i.e., one on each x chromosome) must have a change or mutation whereas in a person with one x chromosome (most males), only one copy of a gene must have a mutation. a female with a mutation in one copy of a gene on the x chromosome is said to be a “carrier” for an x-linked condition. a male with a mutation in a gene on the x chromosome is typically affected with the condition. because females have two copies of the x chromosome and males have only one x chromosome, x-linked recessive diseases are more common among males than females. however, x-linked recessive diseases can occur in both males and females.

for x-linked recessive disorders, an unaffected carrier mother who has a mutation in a gene on the x chromosome can transmit either the x chromosome with this mutation or a “normal” x chromosome to her children. if the father is unaffected, none of her daughters will be affected and all of her daughters will be unaffected—since they will inherit at least one normal x chromosome from their father. however, each daughter will have a 50% chance of being an unaffected carrier like her mother and a 50% chance of both x chromosomes being normal.