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[quote=shelly;13307]I was perusing the internet today and found this statistic which blew me away, just wondering if any of you have heard this number before.
Anyway here is the statistic
In the majority of DSD cases, the underlying genetic mutations have not been identified.
>>> so far, not good. we know that the vast majority of INDENTIFIED IS individuals are CAH'ers..... the vast majority of THEM are 21 hydroxylase defiency, of which there are 25 KNOWN genetic variations KNOWN to produce it (and counting). throw in the 11 beta CAHer's, the CAIS'ers, the Klinefelter's, and the Turner's, and you have now accounted for something like 98% of ALL intersexed individuals. <<<
By identifying new sex determining genes, researchers hope to map the 80 per cent of DSD cases in humans that remain unexplained genetically.
>>>>> ok. this says something entirely different. this doesn't claim that 80% of IS individuals are genetically unexplained (like the above) it says instead.....
that they hope to map the 80% of IS individuals... whose variation is as yet unexplained... (meaning 80% of that remaining 2%).
I'll be following the link to discover if i'm correct, and that like many a scientist, this one FLUNKED ENGLISH... or worse, that this one FLUNKED STATISTICS.
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