Your friend is convinced his calico cat is male. He takes the cat to the vet. Sure enough the cat is male but has a calico coat and is possibly infertile. How do you explain? Group of answer choices He is wrong, it's impossible to have a male calico cat The cat has three X chromosomes but no Y chromosome The cat has Kleinfelter's syndrome (XXY) and his two X's have different color alleles The cat is XYY and the two Y chromosomes are both expressed

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Your friend is convinced his calico cat is male. He
takes the cat to the vet. Sure enough the cat is
male but has a calico coat and is possibly infertile.
How do you explain?
Group of answer choices
He is wrong, it's impossible to have a male calico
cat
The cat has three X chromosomes but no Y
chromosome
The cat has Kleinfelter's syndrome (XXY) and his
two X's have different color alleles
The cat is XYY and the two Y chromosomes are
both expressed
Transcribed Image Text:Your friend is convinced his calico cat is male. He takes the cat to the vet. Sure enough the cat is male but has a calico coat and is possibly infertile. How do you explain? Group of answer choices He is wrong, it's impossible to have a male calico cat The cat has three X chromosomes but no Y chromosome The cat has Kleinfelter's syndrome (XXY) and his two X's have different color alleles The cat is XYY and the two Y chromosomes are both expressed
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