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Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disorder caused by a loss of function of specific genes on chromosome 15. [2] In newborns, symptoms include weak muscles, poor feeding, and slow development. [2] Beginning in childhood, those affected become constantly hungry, which often leads to obesity and type 2 diabetes. [2]
This results in an extra chromosome, making the haploid number 24 rather than 23. Fertilization of eggs or insemination by sperm that contain an extra chromosome results in trisomy, or three copies of a chromosome rather than two. [14] Trisomy 18 (47,XX,+18) is caused by a meiotic nondisjunction event.
This increase has been from 12 years in 1912, [139] to 25 years in the 1980s, [1] to 50 to 60 years in the developed world in the 2000s. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Data collected between the 1985–2003 showed between 4–12% infants with Down syndrome die in the first year of life. [ 78 ]
Chromosome 15 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans.People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 15 spans about 99.7 million base pairs (the building material of DNA) and represents between 3% and 3.5% of the total DNA in cells.
A 9-year-old girl with phenotypic features of De Grouchy syndrome TYPE I (Monosomy 18p or deletion 18p or 18p-). This image does not show the phenotypic features of distal 18q (de Grouchy Type 2), which are quite distinct from those of Monosomy 18p: Specialty: Medical genetics
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a genetic disorder characterized by mild-to-moderate intellectual disability. [1] The average IQ in males with FXS is under 55, while about two thirds of affected females are intellectually disabled.
Cri du chat syndrome is a rare genetic disorder due to a partial chromosome deletion on chromosome 5. [1] Its name is a French term ("cat-cry" or "call of the cat") referring to the characteristic cat-like cry of affected children (sound sample ). [2]
A large-scale study assessing penis size in thousands of 17- to 19-year-old males found no difference in average penis size between 17-year-olds and 19-year-olds. From this, it can be concluded that penile growth is typically complete not later than age 17, and possibly earlier.