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"It is the result of a chromosomal abnormality in which a female infant is born with only one X chromosome (instead of two) or is missing part of one X chromosome." |
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so instead of having xxx chromosome the woman only has xx. yikes! |
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XXX is more chromosomes actually. Female sex chromosomes is written as XX and male as XY. TS or Turner Syndrome is when the female chromosome is lacking one more. There is only X instead of XX. There are cases when the 2nd X chromosome is incomplete, that is also considered TS. |