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प्रश्न
Give reasons for the development of Turner’s syndrome and also mention its symptoms.
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उत्तर
Turner Syndrome (X monosomy/XO females):
- It is a sex chromosomal disorder caused due to non-disjunction of chromosomes during gamete formation.
- Individual born with Turner syndrome has 44 autosomes with XO.
- They are phenotypically female. They have short stature (height) and webbed neck, lower posterior hair line, broad shield-shaped chest, poorly developed ovaries and breast, and low intelligence.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Match the Column I and Column II and select the correct option.
| List-I | List-II | ||
| i. | Holandric genes | a. | Pleiotropy |
| ii. | Multiple effects of a single gene | b. | Hypertrichosis |
| iii. | Skin colour in man | c. | Multiple Alleles |
| iv. | ABO Blood types | d. | Polygenic inheritance |
The correct answer is
Match Column I with Column II and select the correct option:
| Column I | Column II | ||
| p. | Pleiotropy | I. | More than two alleles occur at the same locus on homologous chromosomes |
| q. | Multiple alleles | II. | Expression of both the alleles m heterozygous condition |
| r. | Polygenic | III. | Multiple effect of single gene |
| s. | Co-dominance | IV. | Single phenotypic character influenced by more than two genes |
Identify the genetic disorder m which an individual has an overall masculine development, gynaecomastia and is sterile.
HbA and HbS alleles of normal and sickle celled RBC are ______.
Trisomy is represented by ______.
This abnormality occurs due to monosomy (2n - 1); the individual has 2n = 45 chromosomes with 44 + XO genotype.
Rajesh and Mahesh have defective haemoglobin due to genetic disorders. Rajesh has too few globin molecules while Mahesh has incorrectly functioning globin molecules. Identify the disorder they are suffering from.
| Rajesh | Mahesh | |
| A. | Sickle cell anaemia - an autosome linked recessive trait | Thalassemia - an autosome linked dominant trait |
| B. | Thalassemia - an autosome linked recessive blood disorder | Sickle cell anaemia - an autosome linked recessive trait |
| C. | Sickle cell anemia - an autosome linked recessive trait | Thalassemia - an autosome linked recessive blood disorder |
| D. | Thalassemia - an autosome linked recessive blood disorder | Sickle cell anaemia - an autosome linked dominant trait |
Clotting of blood is to ______.
Give the genotype of Klinefelter’s syndrome.
What are chromosomal disorders?
