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The failure of monosomic individuals to survive is most closely connected with which of the following terms?
X-inactivation |
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gene duplication |
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haploinsufficiency |
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gene redundancy |
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inversion |
The failure of monosomic individuals to survive is most closely connected with Haploinsufficiency.
A monosomy is an aneuploidy that occurs when only one chromosome is present in a pair. For instance in turner's syndrome the chromosome count is 22 pairs+XO. Haploinsufficiency is when only one functional copy of gene is present (the other may be lost by deletion or inactivated) which cannot produce adequate amount of protein for normal functioning.
X inactivation occurs in all females (XX) one of the X is active whereas the other is inactive and called as barr body. If More than two x is present, XXX then only one X is active and the other two are barr bodies. In males X is active and there's no barr body. Since Y chromosome does not posses much genes as compared to X one of the X is inactivated in females to prevent them from having more gene products than men. X inactivation is not connected to The failure of monosomic individuals to survive
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