Genotype on intersexed women

[Chaan]

Hi.

I wonder what set of chromosomes is typical for women with a penis instead of a vagina.

I'm a med student.

[Kailana]

It could be anything, there are way to many variations in Genotypes for anyone to actually say. There are too many possibilities.

I would also like to say, that your question, does not sound like, it comes from a Med student. Each time i read that question, i think of a kid, asking a foolish question. Does it matter, what genotype someone is? Does it matter what phenotype someone is? A question, should have some frame of refference. As it is from a Med student, why, would you want to know? What reason's would you come to intersexed support and awareness forum to ask a blunt question like that?

I am all for sharing knowledge, and raising awareness and acceptance. But i would of expected a more, thought out question rather then what you are asking for.

I'm a little annoyed

[Wyn]

this person is a med student, they need to do a little more studying before asking such a question. Phalluses don't take the place of vaginas....phalluses are an extension/combined growth of the clitoral and urethra tissue only.

Vaginal tissue is a separate set of tissues that form between the urethra and the anus, when there is a low level/absence/or inabilty, to respond to testosterone ('T'). If 'T' is present during the genital growth stage, and the fetus is able to respond to 'T', the labial folds come together to form the scrotal sac, and subsume the lower vaginal tissues.

The superior vagina, which is part of the Mullerian Structures within the abdomen, if present, will not necessarily be affected by 'T', but, if the lower vagina's development is compromised, problems/ complications can result from retained endomitrial slough-off after puberty, during menstruation, due to the inability to rid the body of this waste via the vaginal canal.

Note that the ability to respond to any hormone, particularly 'T', is genetically determined, and some tissues respond better than others to the various hormones present in every body, even in the same person. Thus, you can have various levels of phallus development with low levels of 'T', and still have vaginal growth, or, conversely, you can have little or no phallus development, and normal scrotal/testicular growth.

And please note, XX, / XY genes have some influence, but genetics are quite variable, and things happen...and don't happen, as one would 'normally' think.

The variations are endless.

[Glenn]

"The variations are endless."
Yes, Mother Nature has quite an imagination!!