First, I mixed up trisomy-x with the other two. There's no person's name attached to the trisomy-x. The other two are male anomalies, while trisomy-x is female. At least I was right that it's not lethal:
"The condition does not exhibit a distinctive phenotype and majority of the affected females are physically and mentally normal."
Quote is from this website:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/jablonski/syndrome_cgi?index=223
Trust me, I'm an ecologist too, albeit a very rusty one.
Jostein
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Subject: Re: OT: Who's got my brain?
Jostein wrote:
IIRC, Trisomy-X is not lethal. I'm not sure of the name, it might be Turner's syndrome or Klinefelt's, but I'm too lazy to google it now. What happens in individuals with multiple X chromosomes is that the surplus wraps up into an inactive state (Barr bodies, I think).
That's males with three X's. Trust me, I'm an ecologist. 8-)
Jeez, I used to know this... Now I have to go look it up to be sure. My textbooks are in the attic, though, so I might come crawling to the list later if I'm wrong. Maybe google is a good option anyway...
Oh, well... tomorrow...
