Question

Name the disorder, give its karyotype and write the symptoms a human suffers due to monosomy of sex chromosomes.

Answer 1

The disorder that results from the monosomy of X chromosome is known as Turner syndrome. This disorder develops only in female individuals These females lack an X chromosome and have the karyotype 44+XO. Some symptoms that are characteristic of this disorder are swollen limbs, short stature, obesity, flat feet, heart defects, rudimentary ovaries, infertility, scoliosis, etc.