Study Guide for Campbell Biology
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Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Michael A. Pollock
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Chapter 15, Problem 19TYK
The genetic event that results in Turner syndrome (X0) is probably
- a. nondisjunction.
- b. deletion.
- c. genomic imprinting.
- d. monoploidy.
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