Wednesday, February 18, 2009

How does a person inherit this genetic disorder? Is it dominant or recessive? Is it genetic or chromosomal?

Usually with males, they inherit an X from their mothers and Y from their fathers. With kliensfelter syndrome, the males inherit an extra X making it XXY. Which is typically caused by nondisjunction, the failure of homologous chromosomes to seperate properly during meiosis.

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