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Q: What is biological sex and how is it determined?
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Do males start out female?

No. Biological sex is coded in the sex chromosomes of the sperm and egg cells that come together to make a person. From the moment of conception, sex is determined by these chromosomes.


What is the difference between 'sex-liked' and 'sex-determined'?

Sex-liked means liking sex and sex determined is the resolution to have sex.


What sex is your biological father?

Male


Is the sex of a second child determined by the sex of the first?

Are you asking if the sex of the second child is determined by the sex of the first child? No, naturally its a fifty-fifty chance.


What is a baby's gender if he or she has XXY sex chromosomes?

Male - in humans the sex is determined by the presence of a Y chromosome. In other animals sex can be determined by the ratio of sex chromosomes, or the total number of chromosomes.


How early is your sex determined?

conception


What how is gender determined?

we have sex with them hoes


What can influence a persons biological sex apex?

chromosome


How is sex different from gender?

Sex is different from gender because sex is based on biological make-up (it is physical), while gender is based on identification with particular behaviours determined by society to be either feminine or masculine (it is psychological and social). The general perception is that sex and gender are the same (essentialism). The theory of social constructionism is now more common- they are two different concepts.


How sex is determined in Valanga Sp with regard to its chromosome?

Valanga sp. sex is determined by using the XO system. This system use only one type of sex chromosome, the X. Females are XX while males have only one sex chromosome (XO). Sex of the offspring is determined by whether the sperm cell contain and X chromosome or no sex chromosome.


The sex of most animals is determined by special chromosomes called?

sex chromosomes


How is the sex of an individual determined?

Scientists do not determine the sex of a fetus. Science does, but scientists do not.