It was reported that one in ninety children born female in the Caribbean village of Salinas turn into males as they hit puberty
Reports are claiming that a remote village in Caribbean Island known as Salinas is plagued with a certain mystery that turns female children into male children once they hit puberty. It was alleged that the condition is a rare genetic disorder linked to a missing enzyme which only occurs in a village located in Dominican Republic. One in ninety children born female are said to turn into male children who develop male se’xual organs once they hit puberty.
Medical experts claim the reason for the puberty-triggering gender switch lies in a missing enzyme which prevents the production of a type of male se’x hormone called dihydro-testosterone while child is in the womb. All babies in the womb, whether male or female, have internal glands known as gonads and a small bump between their legs called a tubercle. Usually around eight weeks old, male babies who carry the Y chromosome start to produce the dihydro-testosterone hormone in large amounts, which turns the tubercle into a pen’is and for females, the tubercle becomes a cli’toris. But for some male babies, the missing 5-α-reductase enzyme which triggers the hormone surge means the babies appear to be born female with no testes and what looks very much like a va’gina. When puberty hits, a large surge of testosterone triggers the male reproductive organs to grow, causing voices to deepen and a pe’nis to develop. For children of the Salinas villages, with the genetic condition a hormone surge means development that should have taken place in the womb happens almost 12 years later. The condition happens almost regularly in the village so much that it is no longer considered odd.
