NEET Biology question

Statement 1 (Assertion): Turner's syndrome is caused due to the absence of any one of the X and Y sex chromosomes. Statement 2 (Reason): Such individuals show masculine as well as feminine development.

(A)Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
(B)Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
(C)Assertion is true but reason is falseCorrect
(D)Both assertion and reason are false

Answer: (C)

Solution

Turner's syndrome is caused by the absence of one sex chromosome from the normal pair, resulting in a 45,X (XO) karyotype — broadly consistent with Statement 1's description of "absence of one of the sex chromosomes" (Statement 1 is true). However, Statement 2 is false: individuals with Turner's syndrome show purely

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