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Non Disjunction Aneuploidy

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Questions
5 MCQs

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PYQ 2006
medium
botany ID: neet-200

Cri-du-chat syndrome in humans is caused by the:

1. fertilization of an XX egg by a normal y-bearing sperm
2. loss of half of the short arm of chromosome 5
3. loss of half of the long arm of chromosome 5
4. trisomy of 21st chromosome

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PYQ 2007
medium
botany ID: neet-200

In hexaploid wheat, the haploid (n) ar basic (x) numbers of chromosomes are:

1. n=7 and x=21

2. n=21 and x=21

3. n=21 and x=14

4. n=21 and x=7

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PYQ 2017
easy
botany ID: neet-201

A disease caused by an autosomal primary non-disjunction is:

1. Klinefelter's Syndrome

2. Turner's Syndrome

3. Sickle Cell Anemia

4. Down's Syndrome

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PYQ 2023
easy
botany ID: neet-202
Which of the following statements are correct about Klinefelter's Syndrome?
A. This disorder was first described by Langdon Down (1866).
B. Such an individual has overall masculine development. However, the feminine development is also expressed.
C. The affected individual is short statured.
D. Physical, psychomotor and mental development is retarded.
E. Such individuals are sterile.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. A and E only 2. A and B only
3. C and D only 4. B and E only
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PYQ 2023
easy
botany ID: neet-202
Broad palm with single palm crease is visible in a person suffering from-
1.Thalassemia2.Down's syndrome
3.Turner's syndrome4.Klinefelter's syndrome
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