What exactly is Klinefelter Syndrome?
Every male cell consists of 44 autosomes and XY sex chromosome. However, when the male body consists of 47 chromosomes instead of the usual 46, wherein the extra chromosome is an X sex chromosome, then it leads to a sex chromosome disorder called Klinefelter Syndrome. Not all males who have the extra X sex chromosome suffer from this syndrome. One in around 500 males have an extra X chromosome, but only one in every 1000 males suffers from this syndrome. This genetic disorder is seen to affect the sexual development of males and prevents the testes from functioning normally. Some males show the presence of this extra X chromosome in only few body cells. In such cases the symptoms of this disorder are milder. Causes of Klinefelter Syndrome This genetic order is not inherited and is a random event that occurs at the time of reproductive cell formation. The extra X chromosome is the result of nondisjunction of the sex chromosome during the sex cell division (meiosis). This sex cell divisi
