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In Drosophila an organism with the genetic composition AA+XXY will be a normal female. What will be the case for mammal?(a) Normal female(b) Normal male(c) Klinefelter(d) TurnerThe question was asked in an internship interview.Question is taken from Sex Determination in Mammals in section Chromosomes and Sex Determination of Cytogenetics

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The CORRECT option is (C) Klinefelter

For explanation: IN mammals unlike drosophila the presence of Y chromosome determines MALENESS, thus XXY will have male CHARACTERS. Again the presence of additional X chromosome will give rise to some female characters resulting in klinefelter.



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