Effects Sex Chromosomes

• Turners


  missing Y chromosomes

  Characteristics:

  no menstrations

  narrow hips

  broad shoulders and neck

  amenorrhea - streak ovaries

  infertile

  short stature

  breasts are underdeveloped

  heart shaped faces
• Klinefelters


  affects males

  considered to be male

  Extra X chromosomes

  Characteristics:

  long legs

  tall structure

  gynaecomastia - male breasts

  infertility

  small testes

  mental disability