Submitted by KissMyAFF t3_yrtsd5 in askscience
Emily_Ge t1_ivydfll wrote
Reply to comment by Pythagorantheta in Why do individuals with Turner's syndrome (XO sex chromosomes) not have ovaries? by KissMyAFF
More specifically: while one X chromosome usually gets deactivated in XX women, this inactivation ist complete. An XX Woman has one whole X chromosome and about 15% of the remaining X chromosome active for protein production.
X0 individuals will lack this genetic information and thus some proteins are produced in less quantity than usual. Which leads to incomplete sex development.
Thus since X0 individuals don‘t have the regular 15% extra X, they cannot properly develop gonads in the first place. Despite the later pathways being set to ‚female‘
Uncynical_Diogenes t1_ivzuqra wrote
Yeah, humans aren’t plants. We can’t just ignore dose-dependence when it comes to our expression.
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