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Xy chromosomes= boy
xx chromosomes= female
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoChromosomes don't determine gender. Society determines gender. 1 pair of chromosomes determines biological chromosomal sex.
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∙ 11y agoThe sex chromosomes. XX is female and XY is male.
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∙ 9y agoThey are called the sex chromosomes. Females have two XX chromosomes and males have one X and one Y. The male determines the sex of the child.
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∙ 11y agoA female inherits two X sex chromosomes, one from each parent. A male inherits an X sex chromosome from his mother and a Y sex chromosome from his father.
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What are one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in each body cell that carry genes that determine a person's gender?
Sex Chromosomes
What are the chromosomes that carry genes that determine your gender?
Genetic chromosomes
What determines a Mendelian trait?
Chromosomes do not have a sex/gender but determine it. In humans, females have two X chromosomes (XX) and males have an X and a Y chromosome (XY).
What human body cell consists of 22 homologous pairs?
Humans have 46 chromosomes (or 23 pairs). One pair is known as the sex chromosomes X and Y. The remaining 22 pairs that do not determine the gender of offspring are the homologous chromosomes
How do chromosomes determine sex?
In Human Beings two chromosomes normally determine a persons sex. If a person has two X chromosomes, (XX), that person will be a female. If a person has an X and a Y chromosome, that person will be a male. Most people get 23 chromosomes from their mother and 23 from their father. Thus, most people have 46 chromosomes. They get either an X or a Y chromosome from their father. Sometimes things get complicated. That is for another answer.
What are one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in each body cell that carry genes that determine a person's gender?
Sex Chromosomes
What are the chromosomes that carry genes that determine your gender?
Genetic chromosomes
What is an autosomes?
An autosome is any of the chromosomes besides the sex chromosomes which determine gender.
Do chromosomes do anything?
Chromosomes determine the gender of an organism and also influence genetic conditions.
How do you determine the gender of cichlids?
you determin it by the chromosomes hope that help ypu
What contains the genes the determine a persons gender or sex?
The Sex chromosomes
What determine's a persons gender?
The sex chromosomes. XX is female and XY is male.
Which chromosomes in mammals determine the sex of an individual?
The sex chromosomes, X and Y, determine the gender of one's offspring. An X and a Y is a boy, and 2 X's is a girl.
What is a pair of chromosomes carrying genes that determine whether a person is male or female?
Genetic chromosomes
What determines a Mendelian trait?
Chromosomes do not have a sex/gender but determine it. In humans, females have two X chromosomes (XX) and males have an X and a Y chromosome (XY).
What three points on a skeleton determine gender?
A skeleton does NOT determine gender. The chromosomes of an individual do that. However it is usually possible to determine the gender of a human skeleton by examination of the width of the pelvissciatic notchventral arca protrusions from the skull are more marked in males than femalesheight of the skeletonbone thickness (robustness)gracility of the skeleton
What can be used to determine whether a person has inherited a normal number of chromosomes?
A Karyotpe
