Stephen said, and we'll skip the obligatory sexist joke for now, "There
is also a less exotic example of mosaicism than true 
hermaphroditism.  Only one of the pair of X-chromosomes found in every
somatic cell of normal women functions, the other being randomly "X-
inactivated". This means that a woman is actually a mosaic of two
different cell lines each with a different working X-chromosome."

If this is true, why do Turner's syndrome females typically have
deficiencies in both mental and physical development?

Linda Tollefsrud
Professor of Psychology
University of Wisconsin - Barron County
1800 College Drive
Rice Lake, WI  54868
(715) 234-8176
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