Genetics

Klinefelters Eckert

Rehabilitation for Klinefelters or Cures

Klinefelters syndrome is a genetic condition caused by an anomaly on sex chromosomes. Normal males have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome. Klinefelters males have one extra X chromosome (47,XXY).  The extra X chromosome interferes with the male sexual developement. It reduces the level of testosterone and prevents the testes from functioning normally.

Figure 1 ^[1]

In figure 1 there is a disfunction in the X chromosome. Even the smallest abnormalities can cause illness or disease. Figure 1 only occurs in males.^[2]This genetic disorder is caused by an insertion mutation. And another X chromosome is added to the X and Y existing!

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This genetic disorder is typically caused by what is called a nondisjunction. If a pair of sex chrosomomes fails to separate during the formation of an egg (or sperm), this is referred to as non disjunction. That egg unites with a normal sperm to form an embryo, that embryo may end up with three copies of the sex chromosomes (XXY) instead of the normal two (XY). This explains that Klinefelter's syndrome is not hereditary. There is not Punnett Square that can predict if the baby will have the disorder.^[4]