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Sex chromosomes can be either x or y: x+x=girl, x+y= boy.

yyx and xxy occur sometimes but these children have developmental problems and are infertile. xxy is called Klinefelter's syndrome.

Because there are some alleles attached to the x chromosome that cannot be paired with a y chromosome, there are some conditions that a male can get but are rare for a female. Colour blindness and haemophilia are conditions that are carried on the x chromosome, females have two x chromosomes so the condition does not manifest itself whereas males have one x chromosome so that chromosome can dominate.

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Do autosomal chromosome differ from sex chromosome?

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