Given that a human normally contains 46 chromosomes, give the chromosome number for each of the following conditions:

Turner syndrome (female, no Barr bodies)
Klinefelter syndrome (male, one Barr body)
triploid
Down syndrome (trisomic)

trisomy 13


Turner syndrome (female, no Barr bodies) 45
Klinefelter syndrome (male, one Barr body) 47
triploid 69
Down syndrome (trisomic) 47
trisomy 13 47

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