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Classify the human sex genotype XXX as an example of trisomy or monosomy?
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It is trisomy of sex chromosomes. Normally, a human girl would be XX genotypically, but she inherits an extra X from either her mother or her father (due to nondisjunction in either one parent's gametes in meosis) so she has one extra chromosome, or a triploidy
A normal human is diploid, so they would have XX
A triploid is one extra X
So it is XXX
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A trisomy. A monosomy is when there is only one of a chromosome. A trisomy is when there are three of a chromosome. In Klinefelter's syndrome, there are three sex chromosomes.
Why is monosomy worse than trisomy?
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What condition is caused by the failure of chromosomes to separate in meiosis?
The condition that is caused is a trisomy or a monosomy
Is Down syndrome also known as Monosomy 21?
No, that is false. Down Syndrome is also known as Trisomy-21. Monosomy is a condition where one chromosome is missing from what should be a pair in every cell throughout the body. Trisomy indicates a chromosome has three copies instead of a pair.
What do you call it if a person is missing a chromosome?
If a person is missing a chromosome, it is known as monosomy. Monosomy occurs when there is only one copy of a particular chromosome instead of the usual two copies. For example, a person missing one copy of chromosome 21 would have a condition called monosomy 21 or trisomy 21, which is also known as Down syndrome.
What is Monosomy?
Here are two examples that result in 'early fetal death' - Trisomy 13 and Trisomy 18. Meaning that when the normal [genetic] chromosomal complement is a chromosome pair, three copies of each chromosome are present and this is lethal.
What causes monosomy?
The l virus that usually causes mononucleosis is the "Epstein-Barr virus". However it can also be caused by "Cytomegalovirus".
What is the different autochromosomal abnormalities?
Common autosomal chromosomal abnormalities include Down syndrome (trisomy 21), Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18), Patau syndrome (trisomy 13), and Turner syndrome (monosomy X). These abnormalities result from errors in chromosome number, leading to characteristic physical and developmental features. Diagnosis is often made through genetic testing such as karyotyping or chromosomal microarray analysis.
What are the major chromosomal changes in trisomy?
Trisomy is defined as the presence of three homologous chromosomes. For example, Down's Syndrome is caused by trisomy-21, 3 copies of chromosome 21.
What is nondisjunction and why is it harmful?
Nondisjunction is the failure of a homolog to separate during meiosis causing trisomy (an extra chromosome) or monosomy (a missing chromosome), it can be harmful because it is a mutation that can cause many devastating disease, for example nondisjunction of the 21st chromosome causes down syndrome, another example of nondisjunction being harmful, is nondisjunction of the sex chromosomes, causing Turner's or Klinefelter's syndrome two very devastating diseases.
