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What happens if you are missing a sex chromosome?
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Causes a syndrome: Or infertility. Lack of an x chromosome in a female fetus usually results in a miscarriage, howevr some survive till birth and have turner syndrome. Lack of an x chromosome in males is associated with infertility.
Answered 7/20/2012
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