A Female with Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome, a Sex-Linked Recessive Condition, Has

Question

A female with androgen-insensitivity syndrome, a sex-linked recessive condition, has:
A) two X chromosomes, both carrying mutant alleles in the gene that makes the androgen receptor.
B) a pair of ovaries that overproduce estrogen.
C) an XXX chromosome constitution that causes her not to produce testosterone.
D) a pair of testes that produce testosterone.
E) an inactive SRY gene.

Accepted Answer

Individuals with androgen-insensitivity syndrome have a 46,XY karyotype, meaning they have testes that produce testosterone, but their bodies cannot respond to it due to mutations in the androgen receptor gene.