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Question
A pregnant human female was advised to undergo MTP. It was diagnosed that the fetus she was carrying had developed from a zygote having 45 chromosomes with only one X chromosome.
- What is this condition called and how does it arise?
- Why was she advised to undergo MTP?
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Solution
- The embryo has Turner’s Syndrome due to aneuploidy of the sex chromosome. Such a disorder is caused due to the absence of one of the X chromosomes, i.e., 45 with XO.
- She was advised MTP as the child will have the following problems:
- rudimentary ovaries
- poorly developed breasts
- lack of other secondary sexual characteristics
- delayed or no onset of the menstrual cycle, and infertile.
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