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EnglandCricketFan17 karma

Xxy is klinefelter, Male, but small balls and infertile, with some gynecomastia, relatively tall, eunuchoid appearance and a little lower IQ.

Yy doesnt exist, you need an X to function

EnglandCricketFan6 karma

It wouldn't, but in theory you can have a situation where there is no female DNA in the egg and have an XX or XY purely from dad, but that ends in nonviable molar pregnancy anyways.

EnglandCricketFan6 karma

I interned at Alder Hey in Cardiothoracic. What is your view on paediatric Cardiothoracic surgery in England and the sweeping changes they did two years ago to cut down to 4 centers outside of London and 2 in London? I remember watching the staff as they were tensely waiting for updates on how it was going to be. Thanks for doing this!

EnglandCricketFan4 karma

Yep. The X has too much important info encoded, you dont get life without it.

EnglandCricketFan3 karma

Not with Hyatidiform moles. Basically egg loses DNA, sperm decides to double or two sperm go in (but only works with sperm that has an X atleast) so you get XX and XY but they're from dad only. Or you get similar but egg hasn't lost the DNA, you can get XXXY or XXY but they arent Klinefelters (they have another copy of every chromosome that way not just an extra X).

Either way the moles die in utero, you can get fetal parts with the latter, but both are nonviable.