How is sex determined in human beings?

      

How is sex determined in human beings?

  

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Eric
-There are two sex chromosomes in humans, x and y
- Males are xy and females are xx
- In females all ova have x chromosome
-In males 50% of sperms contain x chromosomes while 50% of sperms contain y
chromosome
- When a sperm containing x chromosome fuses with an ovum this results into a girl
-When a sperm containing y chromosome fuses with an ovum the result is a boy
ericmunguti answered the question on October 8, 2018 at 12:33


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