Question

Sheila was born a female with only one X chromosome on the 23rd pair. As a result, she is infertile, has difficulty learning, and did not develop breast tissue and rounded hips as her female peers did. Which disorder is likely to be diagnosed?

PKU

Down

Klinefelter's

Turner's

triple X

Answer 1

Turner's syndrome

Step-by-step explanation:

Human females have 22 pair of autosomal chromosomesand an extra pair of sex chromosomes (XX). What means that in normal conditions a female has 46 chromosomomes

Aneuploidy is a biological condition where an individual have an abnormal number of chromosomes. One type of aneuploidia is a monosomy, where there is only one chromosome from a pair.

The Turner syndrome is a monosomy in which the female is missing one of the sex X chromosome. Women with Turner syndrome are in most of cases infertile. Some of the Signs and symptoms related to thus syndrome are: learning disability, no breast or hips normal development, short stature , Small fingernails, etc.

Answer 2

The correct answer for this question would be the third option. Based on the given description above about Sheila, born female with only one X chromosome on the 23rd pair, the disorder that she is likely to be diagnosed with would be Turner's syndrome. Hope this is the answer that you are looking for.