Friday, March 8, 2013

What is XYY Syndrome?

XYY Syndrome is a sex-linked disorder where males receive and extra Y chromosome, giving them 47 chromosomes, whereas a normal human has 46. It occurs in 1 out of every 1000 human males.
An XYY Karyotype. Notice the 2 Y chromosomes on the sex-linked genes

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