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The genetic disorder in which an individual has an overall masculine development, gynaecomastia and is sterile:
BiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationNEET
Options:
  • A Turner’s syndrome
  • B Klinefelter’s syndrome
  • C Edward syndrome
  • D Down’s syndrome
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Klinefelter’s syndrome
This genetic disorder is also caused due to the presence of an additional copy of X-chromosome resulting into a karyotype of 47, XXY. Such an individual has overall masculine development, however, the feminine development (development of breast, i.e., Gynaecomastia) is also expressed. Such individuals are sterile.

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