2007-03-26 15:42:11 · 6 answers · asked by Uzair O 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
By specific group, I don't mean gender. I mean race
2007-03-27 07:45:23 · update #1
i just had a miscarriage and found out it was a result of turner syndrome. The dr told me it is just a 'fluke'. It is a genetic disorder for the baby; but not a sex-linked trait, thus it is not carried down from generation-to-generation, making it not overly prevelent in one race or another. As others mentioned it only affects women, but they are not a race - they are a gender. It is a result of an egg that is fertilized incorrectly. Nobody's fault, just the chromosomes don't align. It's in the top 5 of reasons for early miscarriage (prior to 8 weeks). 90% of women who do miscarry due to Turner Syndrome go on to have healthy babies in the future.
I hope that helps some. Just one of those things where all the chromosomes don't line up - nothing inhereited from mom or dad. Also studies on the nondisjunction of turner syndrome in women over 35 have proven inconclusive - like you can sometimes blame the increasing chances / incidence of down's syndrome on maternal or paternal age - that has not been proven with Turner.
2007-03-30 07:18:01 · answer #1 · answered by Just Me 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who Does Turner Syndrome Affect
2017-01-11 09:19:26 · answer #2 · answered by keef 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Turner Syndrome only affects females, If that helps.
2007-03-26 20:15:29 · answer #3 · answered by Krystal J 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
turners syndrome affects only females if you can call thm so for though they have the external appearance of a female their primary sex organs are redundant and have poorly developed external genitalia and secondary sexual characters. they have an increased tendency for hair growth all over the body, are genarally of short and plump stature. this disorder is also associated with mental retardation. this happens when instead of the normal XX present in a normal female only one X chomosome is present in the afflicted individual. this happens in case of non disjunction of chromatids during the gametic meiosis in the mother. the incidence of non disjunction during the formation of the ova in the mother increases 10 fold after the age of 35.
2007-03-27 06:35:37 · answer #4 · answered by rara avis 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Interesting question. I have never heard that it did, but I could be wrong. We will see.
2007-03-26 15:47:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no racial predilection with this syndrome.
2007-03-27 14:13:41 · answer #6 · answered by Hbluegal 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋