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Principles Of Inheritance And Variation

Question
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Which has an additional X-chromosome?

  • Turner’s syndrome

  • Klinefelter’s syndrome

  • Super female

  • Down’s syndrome

Solution

D.

Down’s syndrome

Klinefelter's syndrome is caused by one or more extra X-chromosome ( i.e., XXY, XXXY). The man with such a syndrome is sterile, has small testes, long legs and feminine characters like breasts.