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Reproduction In Organisms

Question
CBSEENBI12002149

Assertion: A middle aged woman is reported to have small breasts and undersized uterus.

Reason: Her genotypic analysis shows XO condition of allosomes.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both assertion and reason are false

Solution

A.

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

Females having 45 chromosomes (2A + XO) are affected with Turner's syndrome. Individuals having Turner's syndrome have female sexual differentiation but ovaries are rudimentary. Other associated phenotypes of this condition are short stature, webbed-neck, broad chest, lack of secondary sexual characteristics and sterility. Thus, any imbalance in the copies of the sex chromosomes may disrupt the genetic information necessary for normal sexual development.