An X-Linked Ichthyosis Is a Recessive Form of a Family

question 48

Multiple Choice

An X-linked ichthyosis is a recessive form of a family of skin diseases caused by a hereditary deficiency of the steroid sulfatase (STS) enzyme. A woman heterozygous for this mutation mates with the phenotypically normal man and produces an XXY son who suffers from the disorder. What kind of nondisjunction can explain this result?

• A)nondisjunction in meiosis I in the mother
• B)nondisjunction in meiosis I in the father
• C)nondisjunction in meiosis II in the mother
• D)nondisjunction in meiosis II in the father

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