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Asked by aadb247 to Beatrice, Charles, George, Kamal, Patricia on 18 Jan 2017.
Question: How is sex determined
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Kamal Bhattacharya answered on 18 Jan 2017:
The sex of humans depends on the whether or not you are carrying a Y chromosome or not. Females carry to X sex chromosomes, vs male a XY combination. The Y chromosomes carry the gene that initiates the “male” process. I will leave it here but can explain more about how that all works.
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Patricia Njuguna answered on 18 Jan 2017:
sex or gender is determined by the the second sex chromosome receives from the father. mothers provide the X chromosome as they are XX. the father will provide either an X or Y chromosome hence a girl XX or boy XY is born.
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