Genetics Question n Question 1 If an egg carrying 2 X chromo

Genetics Question

   

n Question 1 If an egg carrying 2 X chromosomes (because of a non-disjunction event) is fertilized by a normal Y carrying sperm, what would be the expected genotype of the resulting offspring and what would be that offspring sex phenotype? XXY and maie OXY and male xxY and female OXY and female

Solution

ANSWER- XXY and male

If the egg carrying two X chromosomes (non - disjunction event) is fertilized by a normal Y carrying sperm, the child produced will be male, because he has the Y chromosome. However, the presence of two X chromosomes does have a group of characteristic effects, which is called the Klinefelter syndrome.