What Explains the Viability of Individuals with Aneuploidies for the Sex

question 60

Multiple Choice

What explains the viability of individuals with aneuploidies for the sex chromosomes?

• A) Sex chromosomes carry less information than autosomes.
• B) The lack of crossing-over between the X and the Y chromosomes.
• C) Sex chromosomes are smaller than most autosomes.
• D) The information on sex chromosomes is duplicated on the autosomes.
• E) Dosage compensation, by which one X chromosome per cell is inactivated.

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