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well a persons sex is determined at conception the thing that determines it is the thirty second chromosome whick is provided by a male it can be an X chromosome or a Y chromosome if it is an X the formula is XX (because the women has an X chromosome) and it is a guy if it is XY

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The x or y chromosome from the male parent decides.

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It is decided by DNA and the sex chromosomes. If the fertilized egg has the XY chromosomes, the baby is male. If the egg has XX chromosomes, baby is female.

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