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Condition of sex chromosomes in a male child of Down's syndrome will be :

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XY
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XXY
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XX
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XO
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Solution

The correct option is A XY
Option (A) is correct here,
Down syndrome cause the trisomy of chromosome number 21. Chromosome 21 is Autosome. Down syndrome never affect to any sex chromosome so male child with down syndrome carry XY chromosome while female child with down syndrome carry XX chromosome.

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