CELL DIVISION
MEIOSIS
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are both present in every somatic cell of males and females alike.
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are of approximately equal size and number of genes.
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are almost entirely homologous, despite their different names.
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include genes that determine an individual’s sex.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Two of the chromosomes (the X and the Y chromosome) determine your sex as male or female when you are born. They are called sex chromosomes: Females have 2 X chromosomes. Males have 1 X and 1 Y chromosome.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Y chromosome is one of the two sex chromosomes in humans (the other is the X chromosome). The sex chromosomes form one of the 23 pairs of human chromosomes in each cell. The Y chromosome spans more than 59 million building blocks of DNA (base pairs) and represents almost 2 percent of the total DNA in cells.
Detailed explanation-3: -The sex chromosomes determine the sex of offspring. The father can contribute an X or a Y chromosome, while the mother always contributes an X. The Y chromosome is one-third the size of the X chromosome and contains about 55 genes while the X chromosome has about 900 genes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sex Chromosome A sex chromosome is a type of chromosome involved in sex determination. Humans and most other mammals have two sex chromosomes, X and Y, that in combination determine the sex of an individual. Females have two X chromosomes in their cells, while males have one X and one Y.
Detailed explanation-5: -The SRY gene (blue band) on the male Y chromosome regulates sex determination in mammals. In placental mammals, the presence of a Y chromosome determines sex. Normally, cells from females contain two X chromosomes, and cells from males contain an X and a Y chromosome.