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Klinefelter syndrome is not a trait; it is the result of nondisjunction during meiosis (the production of sex cells), when either the egg cell ends up having two X chromosomes or the sperm carries both X and Y, giving the fertilized egg XXY.

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Q: Is Klinefelter Syndrome a dominant or recessive trait?
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