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Ep 106 Turner Syndrome: Let's talk about X

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What Is Turner Syndrome?

Turner syndrome is what happens when an individual ends up with either an entirely or a partially missing x chromosome. This can happen both part of the x chromosome and an entire x chromosome being kind of left behind during the process of meiosis, which is formation of gametes, eggs, and sperm. Or it can also happen due to something called mosaicism. And this is when a fetus that becomes a human has multiple cell lines in their body. So if you looked at the carryo type of this person, some cells would have two x's and some cells would be just one x.

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