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The male generally gets the sex of offspring that he longs for. It IS odd, but the male determines the offsprings' sex.
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Is the sex offspring is determined by the chromosome the female parent gives?
No, the male determines the sex of a child.
What are the differences between autosomes and sex chromosomes?
Autosomes are the chromosomes that are not the sex chromosomes. 22 of the 23 pairs of human chromosomes are autosomes and the final 23rd pair are the sex chromosomes, one of each received by the offspring by the parental generation (one from the mother and one from the father). Moreover, the sex chromosomes dictate the sex of the offspring; males have XY and females XX in most cases, but as long as there is a Y chromosome, the offspring is considered a male.
Who determines the sex of a child?
The generally accepted theory is that males determine the sex because males can donate both an X chromosome or Y chromosome, while females can only donate an X chromosome to their offspring :D Hope this Helped
How does a mutation in a sex differ from a from a mutation in a non-sex cell?
A mutation in a sex cell can be passed on to an offspring. A mutation in a non-sex cell cannot be passed on to an offspring.
What determines the sex of an organism-?
The sex chromosomes determine the sex of an organism. In humans, it is the 23 pair. Females pass on either or their X chromosomes, while males pass on either their X or their Y. If the male passes on their X chromosome, the resulting offspring is female. If they pass on their Y chromosome, the resulting offspring is male.
Which sex chromosome determines if an offspring is male or female in humans?
In humans, which sex chromosome determines if an offspring is a male or female?
What determines the sex of the human?
The genes that are carried in the sperm to the ova. If the 23rd chromosome of the sperm is 'X', the offspring will be female. If it is 'Y', the offspring will be male.
In human which sex chromosome determines if an offspring is a male or female?
In humans, which sex chromosome determines if an offspring is a male or female?
What determines the sex of the offspring.?
For humans x or y chromosome from father
Is the sex offspring is determined by the chromosome the female parent gives?
No, the male determines the sex of a child.
What determines the sex of a human?
Whether they have 2 X chromosomes= girl, of one X chromosome and one Y chromosome= boy
Sex in human beings is determined by?
Chromosomes
What carries genes that determines the sex of a offspring?
In humans it is the Male.
What sex chromosomes belong to a normal human male?
The human male has both an X and Y chromosome which determines the sex of an offspring. Female only have the X chromosome.
How is same-sex marriage significantly human?
It is human because it involves human beings. It is significantly human because no human is insignificant.
What determines the genes that determines the sex?
the answer is sex chromosomes
Which cell determends the gender of a human baby?
The sperm cell determines the gender of a human baby. Ova only have X sex chromosomes, but sperm cells can have either an X or a Y sex chromosome. If an X sperm fertilizes an egg, the offspring will be XX and be female. If a Y sperm fertilizes an egg, the offspring will be XY and be male.
