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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."
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Scientific name for a sex cell?
germ cellsreproductive cellsgamete cells
Whose sex chromosomes determine a child's sex?
The sex chromosomes that determine a child's sex are inherited from the biological parents. The father contributes either an X or a Y chromosome, while the mother always contributes an X chromosome. The combination of these chromosomes determines the child's sex, with XX resulting in a female and XY resulting in a male.
What are the male plus female sex cells called?
A gamete. It might be a bit too broad though. In animals the male gamete is always a sperm. In most flowering plants the male gamete is also called sperm.
What word best describes a gamete?
A gamete would normally be described as either male or female, as the case may be.
What is the name of the human female gamete?
ovum
Which kind of cell determines the sex of a child?
The sperm cell, which is a gamete.
Which parents gamete normally determines the sex of the child?
The father's gamete determines the sex of the child. Specifically, the presence or absence of a Y chromosome in the father's sperm will determine if the child will be male (Y chromosome present) or female (no Y chromosome).
What kind of cell determines the sex of a child?
gametes
Who makes the sex of the baby?
The chromosome in the male's gamete determines the gender of the baby. If it is a Y chromosome, the baby will be a boy. If the chromosome is a X, the baby will be a girl.
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.
What is term for sex cells?
Gamete
Which parent determins a child's gender?
I believe the father of the baby determines the sex of the baby.
Are sex cells from a male and female known as gametes?
All sex cells are gametes. Gamete is a synonym of sex cell. Male sex cells/gametes are spermatozoa (singular: spermatozoon). Female sex cells/gametes are ova (singular: ovum). So the answer is yes, an ovum is the female sex cell/female gamete.
Which gamete has the chromosome that determines a person's sex?
The sperm gamete carries either an X or a Y chromosome, which determines the sex of the offspring. If the sperm carries an X chromosome, the offspring will be female, while if it carries a Y chromosome, the offspring will be male.
Which gamete determines the gender of the young?
In humans females are homogametic and males are heterogametic. It is the male biological parent who contributes the sex chromosome that determines the sex of any child.Human females are XX and all their ova carry an X chromosome. Females always give their children an X chromosome.Human males are XY and half their spermatozoa carry an X chromosome and half carry a Y chromosome. Depending on the sex chromosome in its biological father's spermatozoon, a child receives an X or a Y chromosome from its biological father.If a child receives an X chromosome from its father she will be XX and a girl. If a child receives a Y chromosome from its father he will be XY and a boy.
What determines the genes that determines the sex?
the answer is sex chromosomes
