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Name a disorder a human suffers from as a result of monosomy of the sex chromosome. Give the karyotype and write the symptoms.

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Monosomy of the sex chromosome disorder is Turner's syndrome. Karyotype of Turner's syndrome. Karyotype of Turner's syndrome is 22 + XO. It is caused by the absence of an X chromosome. Such females are sterile with rudimentary ovaries. Secondary sexual characters are lacking.
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  • Trisomy of sex-chromosome result in,

    A
    Turner syndrome
    B
    Patau syndrome
    C
    Down syndrome
    D
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  • In human beings , monosomy of sex chromosomes causes:

    A
    Down's syndrome
    B
    Kinefeter's syndrome
    C
    Turner's syndrome
    D
    Edward's syndrome

  • Sex chromosome in human male are named

    A
    XX
    B
    XO
    C
    XY
    D
    None of these

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