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The sperm from the father can supply either an X-bearing or a Y-bearing chromosome. The egg from the mother can only supply an X-bearing chromosome. An XY combination produces a boy baby. An XX combination produces a girl baby. It might seem that the father therefore determines the sex of the baby, but some recent evidence suggests that the mother can select either an X-bearing or a Y-bearing sperm. See the Wikipedia article on "Maternal influence on sex determination."
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∙ 11y agoIn humans, it is the sperm which determines the sex of the child.
The presence of a Y chromosome in the zygote is what determines that the child will be male. Only the father has a Y chromosome (XY).
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∙ 12y agoThe fathers
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the man's Y chromosomme
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Is the sex offspring is determined by the chromosome the female parent gives?
No, the male determines the sex of a child.
What does zygote and gamete mean?
A gamete is a sex cell: an egg or a sperm. A zygote is a fertilized egg cell.
What determines the sex of the child that develops from the fertilized egg?
It depends on which sex chromosome sperm type fertilized the egg. X for female. Y for male.
What is a mature sex cell?
a sex cell that is not ready to be fertilized or developed.
Scientific name for a sex cell?
germ cellsreproductive cellsgamete cells
Which parents gamete normally determines the sex of the child?
Male
Which kind of cell determines the sex of a child?
The sperm cell, which is a gamete.
What kind of cell determines the sex of a child?
gametes
Is the sex offspring is determined by the chromosome the female parent gives?
No, the male determines the sex of a child.
Who makes the sex of the baby?
The chromosome in the male's gamete determines the gender of the baby. If it is a Y chromosome, the baby will be a boy. If the chromosome is a X, the baby will be a girl.
What determines weather a child concieved is a boy or a girl?
The sex of a child is determined by the sex chromosome of the sperm cell (which comes from the father). If it is a Y, the child will be a boy, if it is an X, the child will be a girl.
What gene determines if a child will be a boy or girl?
The sex of a child is determined by the sex chromosome present in the father's sperm cell. If he donates an X, the child will be a girl, if he donates a Y, the child will be a boy. The historical or ancestral lineage doesn't have anything to do with the child's sex.
Which parent determins a child's gender?
I believe the father of the baby determines the sex of the baby.
What is term for sex cells?
Gamete
Are sex cells from a male and female known as gametes?
All sex cells are gametes. Gamete is a synonym of sex cell. Male sex cells/gametes are spermatozoa (singular: spermatozoon). Female sex cells/gametes are ova (singular: ovum). So the answer is yes, an ovum is the female sex cell/female gamete.
What determines the genes that determines the sex?
the answer is sex chromosomes
Which cell contains only one sex chromosome?
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