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a

Turner's syndrome is due to trisomy and results in sterile female.

b

Down's syndrome is due to triploidy and results in mental retardation.

c

Phenylketonuria is X linked disease and results in accumulation of phenylpyruvic acid.

d

Klinefelter' s syndrome is due to extra X chromosome and results in sterile male.

answer is D.

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Klinefelter’s syndrome is a chromosomal disorder characterised by the presence of an extra X chromosome in 
a human male, resulting in a karyotype of 47, XXY.


Persons exhibiting Klinefelter’s syndrome have reduced fertility. They are taller and exhibit gynecomastia.


(1) Phenylketonuria is an autosomal disorder.


(2) Down’s syndrome is due to trisomy (2n+1), a form of aneuploidy. It is not a case of triploidy (3n).


(3) Turner’s syndrome is due to monosomy (2n-1).

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