(Photo Credit: E+/Getty Images) Turner syndrome happens when a female is missing certain genes normally on the X chromosome. (Females have two X chromosomes, while males have an X and a Y chromosome).

and women born with just one X chromosome (a diagnosis known as Turner syndrome) can have cognitive impairments, they further pointed out. “In the context of X chromosomal abnormalities ...

Turner syndrome, a genetic developmental disorder in females is caused by a missing or incomplete X- chromosome. Girls are short and have dysfunctional ovaries.

Females might have an extra X chromosome. Females missing an X chromosome have Turner syndrome. People with Klinefelter syndrome have an extra X chromosome, those with Jacobs Syndrome have an extra Y.