If a Person Had Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome, at What Point in Life

question 29

Multiple Choice

If a person had Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome, at what point in life would it become apparent that there was a problem?

• A) Right away, since this would be a boy, but without external sexual characteristics.
• B) Right away, since this would be a girl, but with external male sexual characteristics.
• C) Initially this individual would appear to be a girl, but at puberty, male sexual characteristics develop, and that's when she'd know something was wrong.
• D) This individual would appear as a girl, but at puberty there would be no menstruation and she would be unable to get pregnant and would realize something was wrong.
• E) Initially, this individual would appear as a boy, but at puberty breasts would develop and he would know something was wrong.

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Definitions:

α-Helix

A common helical structure found in proteins, characterized by a right-handed coil where each amino acid residue correlates with a 100-degree turn in the helix.

Beta-Pleated Sheet

A common motif of secondary structure in proteins characterized by beta strands connected laterally by at least two or three backbone hydrogen bonds, forming a generally twisted, pleated sheet.

Globin

A group of proteins that form part of the structure of hemoglobin, responsible for oxygen transport in the blood.

Peptide Bonds

Chemical bonds formed between amino acids during protein synthesis, linking the carboxyl group of one amino acid to the amino group of another, releasing water.