A Son Is Born with Kleinfelter's Syndrome and Hemophilia

question 27

Multiple Choice

A son is born with Kleinfelter's syndrome and hemophilia.His father was normal and his mother was a carrier for the recessive X- linked blood clotting disorder.What occurred in meiosis to produce this genetic outcome?

• A)nondisjunction in either meiosis I or meiosis II of the mother
• B)nondisjunction in meiosis II of the father
• C)nondisjunction in meiosis II of the mother
• D)nondisjunction in meiosis I of the father
• E)nondisjunction in meiosis I of the mother

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