Inquiry into Life 14th Edition by Sylvia Mader,Michael Windelspecht

Exercise 15

Choose the best answer for each question.
For questions 6-10, match the chromosome disorder to its description in the key.
Key:
a. female with undeveloped ovaries and uterus, unable to undergo puberty, normal intelligence, can live normally with hormone replacement
b. XXY male, can inherit more than two X chromosomes
c. male or female, mentally impaired, short stature, flat face, stubby fingers, large tongue, simian palm crease
d. XXX or XXXX female
e. caused by nondisjunction during spermatogenesis
6. Klinefelter syndrome
7. Poly-X female
8. Down syndrome
9. Turner syndrome
10. Jacobs syndrome