Klinefelter syndrome is an consequence of what type of mutation? A. deletion B. insertion C. frame shift D. nondisjunction

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Jeramiah Tucker

29 March, 18:29

Klinefelter syndrome is an consequence of what type of mutation? A. deletion B. insertion C. frame shift D. nondisjunction

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Kiara Preston · Answer 1

Klinefelter syndrome is an consequence of D. nondisjunction. This is due to the nondisjunction of the X chromosome at meiosis.

Isabel Grimes · Answer 2

Klinefelter syndrome is a consequence of

D. nondisjunction

Explanation:

Klinefelter syndrome and its variants aren't inherited; these body changes sometimes occur as random events throughout the formation of fruitful cells (eggs and sperm) in a very parent. a mistake in a biological process known as miosis leads to a cell with an abnormal range of chromosomes.

Nondisjunction is Failure of paired chromosomes to separate throughout t cellular division, in order that each chromosome move to one cell and none move to the opposite.