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What do X and Y chromosomes affect?

X and Y chromosoms determine whether or not an offspring is a male or female. Chromosomes come in pairs. Boys have an X and a Y chromosome pair; girls have an X and an X chromosome pair.


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 are the chromosomes that are not X or Y?

All chromosomes that are not either X or Y are called autosomes.


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".


What is a child with X and Y chromosomes?

A child with X and Y chromosomes typically identifies as male. This combination of chromosomes determines male biological development, including physical traits such as testes and the production of testosterone.


Do animals have both X and Y chromosomes?

No, animals do not have both X and Y chromosomes. In most animals, males have XY chromosomes and females have XX chromosomes.


What are the names of the chromosomes that determine an individual's biological sex, commonly referred to as the x and y chromosomes?

The chromosomes that determine an individual's biological sex are called the X and Y chromosomes.


The human X and Y Chromosomes are what?

The human X and Y chromosomes are:both present in every somatic cell of males and females.approximately equal in size.almost entirely homologous, despite their different names.called "sex chromosomes" because they determine an individual's sex.


What are the chromosomes that determine the sex of the offspring?

the X and Y chromosomes


What is the chromosome that represents the sex chromosome?

The sex chromosomes are represented by X and Y chromosomes. In humans, females have two X chromosomes (XX), while males have one X and one Y chromosome (XY). The presence of the Y chromosome determines male physical characteristics.


Men have one of y?

The y chromosome. The chromosome pair that determine sex (gender) can have x and y chromosomes; men have one X and one Y chromosome, women have to X chromosomes.


What does an x and y chromosome identify?

In the cytological terminology x and y chromosomes are identified as sex chromosomes. In human being these chromosomes are responsible for determination of sex in the offspring.