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प्रश्न
Mention any one symptom of Turner's syndrome.
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उत्तर
The symptoms of Turner syndrome are Short stature, gonadal dysgenesis, and sexual infantilism.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Identify ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, ‘d’, ‘e’ and ‘f’ in the table given below:
| S. No. | Syndrome | Cause | Characteristics of affected individuals | Sex (male/female/both) |
| 1. | Down’s | Trisomy of 21 |
‘a’ |
‘b’ |
| 2. | ‘c’ | XXY | Overall masculine development | ‘d’ |
| 3. | Turner’s | 45 with XO |
‘e’ |
‘f’ |
About 8% of the human male population suffers from colour blindness, whereas only about 0.4% of the human female population suffers from this disease. Write an explanation to show how it is possible.
Choose the correct option which appropriately classifies the following disorders into Mendelian and chromosomal disorders:
Colour blindness, Down syndrome, Sickle cell anaemia, Turner syndrome, Thalassemia, Haemophilia, Phenylketonuria, Klinefelter syndrome.
A short stature with webbing of neck and low posterior hairline indicates ______ syndrome.
It is well known that Queen Victoria of England was a carrier for haemophilia. Since this is an X-linked disease, it can be predicted that ______.
Extra chromosome ‘X’ is present in which one of the following cases?
Failure of segregation of chromatids during cell division results in the gain or loss of chromosomes, this is called as ______.
Read the following and answer from given below:
Turner's syndrome is an example of monosomy. It is formed by the union of an allosome-free egg and a normal 'X' containing sperm or a normal egg and an allosome-free sperm. The individual has 2n = 45 chromosomes (44 + X0) instead of 46. Such individuals are sterile females who have rudimentary ovaries, underdeveloped breasts, small uterus, short stature, webbed neck, and abnormal intelligence. They may not menstruate or ovulate. This disorder can be treated by giving female sex hormones to women from the age of puberty to make them develop breasts and have menstruation. This makes them feel more normal.
Which of the following statements regarding Turner's syndrome is incorrect?
What is the genotype of Turner's Syndrome?
What are chromosomal disorders?
