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Sex Determination

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Sex Determination

Healthy human body cells contain 23 pairs of chromosomes, only one of which is responsible for determining biological sex. This pair of chromosomes are called the sex chromosomes and can either be X or Y:

Females

Females

Female biology is XX, so an egg contains one X chromosome.

Males

Males

Males biology is XY, so a sperm contains either one X or one Y chromosome.

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