Multiple choice

Which of the following is an example of hypoploidy?

  1. Down's syndrome

  2. Patau's syndrome

  3. Edward's syndrome

  4. Turner's syndrome

  5. Klinefelter syndrome
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Explanation

Turner's syndrome, 45,X, encompasses several conditions in human females, of which monosomy X (absence of an entire sex chromosome, the Barr body) is most common. It is an example of hypoploidy.

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