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Turner syndrome

turner syndrome

(Science: radiology) 45 XO female (or mosaic XO/XX), short stature, delayed skeletal maturation, osteoporosis, short 4th and 5th metacarpals, broad, shield chest, cardiovascular anomalies: present in 20%, 70% are coarctation, ovarian dysgenesis, kidneys: horseshoe kidney, bifid renal pelvis, cystic hygroma


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Re: Question on Turners syndrome

i just wana ask a question on turner sydrome.In turner syndrom X chromosome is missing..so i want to know X is missingfrom ... out. Samar, I think the poster above is saying that only a female can have Turner syndrome. (A male embryo with no X chromosomes in unviable.) I can't tell, but maybe ...

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by snowcapk
Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:01 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Question on Turners syndrome
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Question on Turners syndrome

Hello, its my first day over here... :) i just wana ask a question on turner sydrome.In turner syndrom X chromosome is missing..so i want to know X is missingfrom Male or Female? i hope u will help me out. Regards, samar..

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by samar
Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:07 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Question on Turners syndrome
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Need help with homework

... with trisomy-21. 4. Draw 2 sets of pictures that illustrate how a Turner Syndrome child is produced. Any help you can give would be so appreciated. I have a 3.86 grade ...

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by sillygrandma
Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:40 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Need help with homework
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Views: 1447

Asexual pre-humans?

... to evolutionary theories. The most striking examples are Klinefelter's syndrome ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXY_syndrome ) and Turner syndrome ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_syndrome )

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by druid
Thu Nov 02, 2006 3:23 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Asexual pre-humans?
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Views: 3592

centromere

... genome" ... (Examples of unbalanced genomes and disease: turner syndrom=monosomy X or Down syndrome = +21) However, with a classic robertsonian (when 2 centromeres fuse) no DNA is lost ...

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by LilKim
Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:56 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: centromere
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