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Name a disorder, give the karyotype and write the symptoms where a human male suffers as a result of an additional X-chromosome.

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Klinefelter’s syndrome. The karyotype is 44 + XXY. Symptoms are: 

(i) Sex of the individual is masculine but possess feminine characters. 

(ii) Gynaecomastia, i.e, development of breasts. 

(iii) Poor beard growth and often sterile. 

(iv) Feminine pitched voice.



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