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This tutorial looks at sex determination via the sex chromosomes, X and Y. Read it to get more info on X and Y chromosomes and the genetic traits inherited via these two.
In humans, females inherit an X chromosome from each parent, whereas males always inherit their X chromosome from their mother and their Y chromosome from their father.
Although the Y chromosome contains a small region of similarity to the X chromosome so that they can pair during meiosis, the Y chromosome is much shorter and contains fewer genes. When a gene being examined is present on the X, but not the Y, chromosome, it is X-linked.
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.
14 Δεκ 2021 · In humans and other mammals, biological sex is determined by a pair of sex chromosomes: XY in males and XX in females. Genes on the X chromosome are said to be X-linked. X-linked genes have distinctive inheritance patterns because they are present in different numbers in females (XX) and males (XY).
14 Οκτ 2022 · Representations of the human X and Y chromosomes (generalizable to all eutherian mammals) are presented in the center, showing the pseudoautosomal regions (PAR1 and PAR2) at the distal ends, the non-PAR of the X, the male specific region of the Y (MSY) and the Sry gene position.
16 Ιουλ 2021 · Humans who inherit two X chromosomes typically develop as females, while humans with one X and one Y chromosome typically develop as males. Sex determination is the beginning of the development of many characteristics that influence how a human looks and functions as well as the societal expectations that other humans have for each other.
