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Name a disorder, give the karyotype and write the symptoms, where a human male suffers as a result of an additional X-chromosome.

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The disorder is Klinefelter.s syndrome. It is a chromosomal disorder, which occurs in males. The presence of an additional copy of X-chromosome results in karyotype 44 +XXY.
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