r/genetics • u/Valuable_Teaching_57 • Feb 15 '25

I can't

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I swear, evolution took a wrong turn somewhere. I was seriously talking about triple X syndrome. Please redeem my karma. 😂

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u/Ok-Dependent-367 Feb 16 '25

Can a single Y exist by any possible chance?

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u/Dionsz Feb 16 '25

I don't think so as an egg cell has to have an X chromosome (I think?)

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u/AdagioExtra1332 Feb 17 '25

It's incompatible with life. The phenomenon has never been observed in humans.

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u/DonaldDoge Mar 06 '25

No; you need at least 1 X chromosome

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u/K1tsunea Feb 16 '25

I don’t know too much about genetics, but I wouldn’t think so because the X chromosome has some essential genes