Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Principles of Inheritance and Variation

Question:
Due to non disjunction of chromosomes during spermatogenesis, some sperms carry both sex chromosomes(22A+XY) and some sperms do not carry any sex chromosome (22A+O) . If these sperms fertilise normal eggs (22A+X), what types of genetic disorders appear accordingly among the offsprings?
Options:
Klinefelter's syndrome and Turner's syndrome
Turner's syndrome and Edward's syndrome
Down's syndrome and Turner's syndrome
Down's syndrome and cri-du-chat syndrome
Correct Answer:
Klinefelter's syndrome and Turner's syndrome
Explanation:
Klinefelter's syndrome due to the presence of an additional copy of X chromosome and then Turner's syndrome due to absence of X chrmosome.