5 points A woman is phenotypically female but has a Y chromosome. Further tests find a deletion in her Y chromosome. Which of the following regions where most likely impacted by the deletion? PAR SRY centromere heterochromatin of MSY O000
5 points A woman is phenotypically female but has a Y chromosome. Further tests find a deletion in her Y chromosome. Which of the following regions where most likely impacted by the deletion? PAR SRY centromere heterochromatin of MSY O000
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People usually have X and Y as sex chromosome. Women have two X chromosome while boys have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome. But in some rare cases individuals have one X and one Y chromosome but they show female phenotype.
The SRY gene is located on Y chromosome, provides instructions for making the sex determining region Y protein. The sex determining region Y protein are involved in male typical sex determination. These process cause a fetus to develop male gonads and prevent the development of female reproductive structure - uterus and fallopian tube.
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