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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
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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 determines the sex of the child that develops from the fertilized egg?
It depends on which sex chromosome sperm type fertilized the egg. X for female. Y for male.
What gamete determines the sex of a child?
The sperm from the father can supply either an X-bearing or a Y-bearing chromosome. The egg from the mother can only supply an X-bearing chromosome. An XY combination produces a boy baby. An XX combination produces a girl baby. It might seem that the father therefore determines the sex of the baby, but some recent evidence suggests that the mother can select either an X-bearing or a Y-bearing sperm. See the Wikipedia article on "Maternal influence on sex determination."
Who determines the sex of the baby in humans?
the father
What determines sex?
Sex, as in gender, is determined by the sex organs possessed by an individual. Genetic errors and mutations can make it difficult to determine by just this, but more sophisticated methods exist.
What kind of cell determines the sex of a child?
gametes
Which parents gamete normally determines the sex of the child?
Male
Is the sex offspring is determined by the chromosome the female parent gives?
No, the male determines the sex of a child.
Which kind of cell determines the sex of a child?
The sperm cell, which is a gamete.
What determines weather a child concieved is a boy or a girl?
The sex of a child is determined by the sex chromosome of the sperm cell (which comes from the father). If it is a Y, the child will be a boy, if it is an X, the child will be a girl.
What gene determines if a child will be a boy or girl?
The sex of a child is determined by the sex chromosome present in the father's sperm cell. If he donates an X, the child will be a girl, if he donates a Y, the child will be a boy. The historical or ancestral lineage doesn't have anything to do with the child's sex.
Which parent determins a child's gender?
I believe the father of the baby determines the sex of the baby.
What determines the genes that determines the sex?
the answer is sex chromosomes
When was it realised that it is the father who determines the sex of the child?
Nettie Stevens and Edmund Beecher Wilson described the XY sex determination system in 1905.
What determines the sex of the child that develops from the fertilized egg?
It depends on which sex chromosome sperm type fertilized the egg. X for female. Y for male.
What gamete determines the sex of a child?
The sperm from the father can supply either an X-bearing or a Y-bearing chromosome. The egg from the mother can only supply an X-bearing chromosome. An XY combination produces a boy baby. An XX combination produces a girl baby. It might seem that the father therefore determines the sex of the baby, but some recent evidence suggests that the mother can select either an X-bearing or a Y-bearing sperm. See the Wikipedia article on "Maternal influence on sex determination."
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?
