January 19th 2016 archive

Mutagen Story

Mutagen story
ADL
1.What happened to the gene?
Why did that happen?
What happened to the body?
How did it affect the body?
When do you know you have turner?
2.I used Google.
3.I found reliable sources that looked like their information was correct.
4.I copy and pasted the link
5. It was good. I wish I put in more detail.
Story of Turner Syndrome
I am a gene that lives in a female’s body. You see I am rare; I only exist 1 of 2,500 girls. My host Olivia was born with only one X chromosome, when she should have two. That’s what happened to her. No one knows why so many girls are born with only one X chromosome but it happens. Olivia was born like a normal girl but because of me she won’t be able to do lots of things that a girl can do.
Olivia didn’t know that she had turner syndrome until she was 12. Olivia was not going through puberty like most girls do at her age. Another sign was that she was really short and her parents are both really tall. Tons more signs were discovered in Olivia like droopy eyelids, dry eyes, low ears. There were multiple tests that she could go through but she chose an Ultrasound of reproductive organs and kidneys. The doctor told her that she was missing an X chromosome. In all girls you should have two XX chromosomes to be a girl. To be a boy you would have XY chromosomes. Only in some of her cells will Olivia be missing an X cell not all of them. So Olivia was missing a sex cell.
When Olivia was diagnosed she was given growth hormones to make her grow taller. They did help but she only reached the height of 4.7. Olivia also went through Estrogen replacement therapy. This pretty much just helps trigger puberty.
Olivia still went to school but had a lot of trouble in math, and reading maps. Olivia couldn’t really picture things in her mind she needed a visual right in front of her to be able to picture it again.
Olivia grew older and was not able to have kids because turner syndrome prevents her ovaries from growing properly. Her options were to either have a donor or adopt. Olivia adopted with her husband. Fortunately because of her infertility she was unable to pass down the gene of turner syndrome.

Websites that I used:

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000379.htm
http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/genetic/turner.html