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4 dni temu · Individuals having two X chromosomes (XX) are female; individuals having one X chromosome and one Y chromosome (XY) are male. The X chromosome resembles a large autosomal chromosome with a long and a short arm. The Y chromosome has one long arm and a very short second arm.
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In most mammals, females are XX, and can pass along either of their Xs; since males are XY they can pass along either an X or a Y. Females in such species receive an X chromosome from each parent while males receive an X chromosome from their mother and a Y chromosome from their father.
In the XY sex-determination system, the female-provided ovum contributes an X chromosome and the male-provided sperm contributes either an X chromosome or a Y chromosome, resulting in female (XX) or male (XY) offspring, respectively.
Sexual dimorphism is a term for the phenotypic difference between males and females of the same species. The process of meiosis and fertilization (with rare exceptions) results in a zygote with either two X chromosomes (an XX female) or one X and one Y chromosome (an XY male) which then
14 gru 2023 · Sex chromosomes are chromosomes that affect your sexual anatomy and reproductive development. Most of us were raised with the idea that there are two sexes: male and female.
26 paź 2020 · Here’s what’s regarded as the “norm”: XY chromosomes = penis & testes = man. XX chromosomes = vagina & ovaries = woman. Gender is subjective to each person, and sex organs don’t dictate gender. People with penises aren’t necessarily men, and people with vaginas aren’t necessarily women.
Generally, female humans have two pairs of X chromosomes. Like chromosome pairs 1 through 22, each one of these X chromosomes came from one of each of her parents; they are homologues, and code for the same genes in the same locations, but are not genetically identical. For males it’s different.
