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The XX chromosome is female; the XY is male.

They represent the 23 pair of human chromosomes

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What are things that determine the sex of offspring called?

Chromosomes. XX=female XY=male


What are the X and Y chromosomes called?

The X and Y chromosomes are called the "Sex Chromosomes". Both the X and Y chromosome are part of the "sex-determining system" that helps determine the sex characteristics in humans. In the system, females have two X chromosomes (XX) while males have an X and a Y chromosome (XY).


What type of sex chromosomes do females have?

Female have two X chromosomes while males have an X and a Y chromosome.


Which sex chromosomes are present in females?

XX chromosomes.


What chromosomes are found in human females?

xx chromosomes


What is the assigned number of chromosomes in humans?

46 chromosomes or 23 pairs of chromosomes where 44+xx or 44+xy xx are girls xy are boys


Is xx female or male?

A female is an XX. However, during development one of the X chromosomes is deactivated and is called a Barr body.Human females have XX sex chromosomes. A male has XY chromosomes. The Y chromosome is very small and contains only genes that make a male a male.


What is labeled the sex chromosome?

Sex chromosomes are called allosomes and in humans they are called the XY (male) or XX (female) pair.


What are sex chromosomes that result in male?

XY Chromosomes = Males XX Chromosomes = Females


What are sex chromosomes for females?

XX


What Genotype that results in human female?

The genotype that typically results in a human female is XX. This means that females have two X chromosomes.


What sex chromosomes do girls have?

the combination of sex chromosomes for a female is XXX it is the triple x because in 1947 a women in North Bonerville Africa found that women have 3 sex chromosomes while males only have two