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Both genders usually have 2 sex chromosomes. Females have two X chromosomes and males typically have an X and a Y. Since a male can give an X and a Y, it is the male who determines the gender of the fetus.

Now there are variations because of chromosomal and genetic errors and differences. A woman with Turner's Syndrome has just one X chromosome, and a man with Kleinfelter's syndrome has two X chromosomes in addition to his Y chromosome. There are also women with three X chromosomes and men with a X chromosome and two Y chromosomes. Then, with CAIS, there are sterile XY females, and there is Fragile X Syndrome where a female has an X chromosome with portions of it missing, so it may look like a Y.

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