<prompt> What is proband in pedigree?Male child of diseaseFemale child of diseasedDiseased individualPregnancy  <response>: Ans. is c i.e., Diseased individualPedigree analysis is the analysis of human gene transmission. Pedigree cha is a diagrammatic method of illustrating the inheritance of genes within a family.The staing point is often the identification of an affected individual, called the propositus or proband, i.e. propositus or proband is the individual which is studied in a pedigree, such as the individual with a ceain disease or other inherited interest. 