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What are some of the characteristics governed of the x and y chromosomes?
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The X and Y chromosomes decide if the offspring will be male or female.
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The genes on the x and y chromosomes are called what?
The genes carried on the X and Y chromosomes are called your "sex chromosomes".
Chromosomes other than X and Y?
Chromosomes that are not X or Y are called homologous chromosomes and autosomal chromosomes. The first 22 pairs of human chromosomes are autosomal.
Which sex chromosomes do female have?
Normal females have XX chromosomes (unless there is some chromosomal abnormalities such as Turner's Syndrome or fragile X syndrome). It is also possible for a female to have 3 or even X, in which case, she is referred to as a "superfemale"
What is true about a baby with two X chromosomes?
A baby with two X chromosomes is female.
What are the chromosomes that are not X or Y?
All chromosomes that are not either X or Y are called autosomes.
What are the X and Y chromosomes called?
The X and Y chromosomes are called the "Sex Chromosomes". Both the X and Y chromosome are part of the "sex-determining system" that helps determine the sex characteristics in humans. In the system, females have two X chromosomes (XX) while males have an X and a Y chromosome (XY).
What cell produces female characteristics?
Hormones, not cells, determine characteristics. Females have two 'X' chromosomes, and men have one 'X' and one 'Y'.
What are sex chromosomes in a human male?
We call these sex chromosomes. Whether you are a male or female depends on the presence or absence of certain chromosomes. The sex chromosomes are the X chromosome and the Y chromosome. If you have two XX, you will show female characteristics and If you have XY you will show male characteristics.
Do only some of the genes located on the X chromosome control female sexual characteristics?
The X and Y chromosomes determine the sex of the individual, but most of the genes are not directly involved in that.
Is it true that x and y are body chromosomes?
X and Y are copies of the chromosomes that determine gender. If someone has two x chromosomes they are female, while if they have one x and one y chromosome they are male. There is a rare disease where someone has one x and one y chromosome (known as XXY males) and these individuals display characteristics of both genders.
Explain how the expression of genes on sex chromosomes differs from the expression of genes on autosomal chromosomes?
Autosomes are identical to each other whereas sex chromosomes come in two forms, X and y and code for the sex linked characteristics (and some other traits) and are the 24th pair, determine sex.
The color in a tortoiseshell cat can only be produced by two x chromosomes. this would mean that these types of cats are always?
Either female, or triploid. A normal diploid mammal will have two X chromosomes if it is female, or an X and a Y if it is male. The genetic variant known as triploidy can result in animals with two X and one Y chromosome, which express male characteristics, or both male and female characteristics.
What sex chromosomes do females produce in their egg cells?
X chromosomes (X,X)
What genes or chromosomes is the muitation that causes turners syndrome?
Turner syndrome is the result of one of the two X chromosomes being missing or damaged in some or all cells. These chromosomes are the sex chromosomes, which determine whether a person will be male or female. As people with Turners only have an X chromosome and no Y chromosome they are born female.
What characteristics does a normal genetic test have?
A normal result for chromosome analysis is 46, XX or 46, XY. This means there are 46 chromosomes (including two X chromosomes for a female or one X and one Y for a male) with no structural abnormalities. A normal result for a direct.
The genes on the x and y chromosomes are called what?
The genes carried on the X and Y chromosomes are called your "sex chromosomes".
Is a female 2 X chromosomes?
Yes, and males have an X and a Y chromosome.
