Is there a good article explaining the DNA testing results of Semenya? A little confused - does she have two X chromsomes? XXY (Klinfelter's)? XY? some abnormal recombination event b/t X and Y chromosomes?
Is there a good article explaining the DNA testing results of Semenya? A little confused - does she have two X chromsomes? XXY (Klinfelter's)? XY? some abnormal recombination event b/t X and Y chromosomes?
Yes, there is this awesome article out there that talks all about it. You should check it out.
The strangest thing is how focused everyone is on her genitalia? Where are they and what do they look like. Are we in third grade? Seems clear the boy has AIS of some sort with underdeveloped external genitalia.
Pittsburgh Joe wrote:
The strangest thing is how focused everyone is on her genitalia? Where are they and what do they look like. Are we in third grade? Seems clear the boy has AIS of some sort with underdeveloped external genitalia.
Do you have any idea what the hell AIS is??? It seems pretty clear that of all the possible defects she might have, this is the LEAST likely!! Have you seen her muscles?? How would they develop if she had an INSENSITIVITY to androgens????
med student wrote:
Do you have any idea what the hell AIS is??? It seems pretty clear that of all the possible defects she might have, this is the LEAST likely!! Have you seen her muscles?? How would they develop if she had an INSENSITIVITY to androgens????
I'm sure you're aware that there is something called partial or incomplete AIS, where there may be some sensitivity to androgens; certainly this could be responsible for Semenya's condition.
Oh, and you appear on the track to becoming a real douchebag doctor. Keep it up and you'll be one of those who give our profession a bad name.
Doesn't AIS include an entire continuum of degrees/symptoms/outcomes like all other human conditions? Some AIS people might produce virtually no muscle from androgens; other AIS people might produce a lot of muscle from the same androgens.
It all depends where you are on the continuum.
Some Kalenjins can't run to the next mud hut and back. Some can fly. Some tall people are great basketball players; some suck.
You get the picture. Naming a name or condition doesn't necessarily say much about it. For example, we're learning that it's not always helpful to "name" someone male or female. The world would be an simpler place if everything were black/white, but it wouldn't be a better place. The beauty of the world is its expansive grayness.