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Title: In humans that are XX/XO mosaics, the phenotype is highly variable, ranging from
Post by: Dextor on Apr 30, 2014
In humans that are XX/XO mosaics, the phenotype is highly variable, ranging from females who have classic Turner syndrome symptoms to females who are essentially normal.  Likewise, XY/XO mosaics have phenotypes that range from Turner syndrome females to essentially normal males. How can the wide range of phenotypes be explained for these sex-chromosome mosaics? 


Title: Re: In humans that are XX/XO mosaics, the phenotype is highly variable, ranging from
Post by: bolbol on Nov 30, 2021
The resulting phenotype depends on the relative percentage of cells