NEET2005ZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationActual
A women with 47 chromosomes due to three copies of chromosome 21 is characterized by:
Options
- Asuperfemaleness
- Btriploidy
- Cturner syndrome
- Ddown syndrome.
Correct answer
D. down syndrome.
Step-by-step solution
Down Syndrome is a chromosomal aneuploidy, caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 known as trisomy 21. Turner syndrome is caused by partial or complete loss (monosomy) of the second sex chromosome (22+ XO ) . Triploidy is the presence of an additional set of chromosomes in the cell for a total of 69 chromosomes rather than the normal 46 chromosomes per cell.