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Overall masculine development, Gynaecomastia is expressed when fertilization occurs between

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Sperm (22A+X) × Egg(22A+XX)
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Sperm (23A+Y) × Egg(22A+X)
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Sperm (22A+XY) × Egg(22A+X)
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Sperm (22A+X) × Egg(22A+0)
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Solution

The correct option is C Sperm (22A+XY) × Egg(22A+X)
Klinefelter syndrome is not inherited; the addition of an extra X chromosome occurs during the formation of reproductive cells (eggs or sperm) in one of an affected person's parents. During cell division, an error called nondisjunction prevents X chromosomes from being distributed normally among reproductive cells as they form. Typically, as cells divide, each egg cell gets a single X chromosome, and each sperm cell gets either an X chromosome or a Y chromosome. However, because of nondisjunction, an egg cell or a sperm cell can also end up with an extra copy of the X chromosome.

If an egg cell with an extra X chromosome (XX) is fertilized by a sperm cell with one Y chromosome, the resulting child will have Klinefelter syndrome. Similarly, if a sperm cell with both an X chromosome and a Y chromosome (XY) fertilizes an egg cell with a single X chromosome, the resulting child will have Klinefelter syndrome.

Mosaic Klinefelter syndrome (46,XY/47,XXY) is also not inherited. It occurs as a random error during cell division early in fetal development. As a result, some of the body's cells have the usual one X chromosome and one Y chromosome (46,XY), and other cells have an extra copy of the X chromosome (47,XXY).

So the correct option is ' Sperm (22A+XY) × Egg(22A+X)'.

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