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Biological Sex
Biological Sex (Health Education · Gender and) — "Sex is one’s biological classification as male or female, which is biologically determined at the moment the…
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- Sex is the biological classification of a person as male or female.
- Sex is biologically determined when the sperm fertilizes the egg.
- Sex can be precisely defined through chromosome pairings.
- Females generally have two X chromosomes (XX).
- Males generally have one X and one Y chromosome (XY).
- Female eggs contain only an X chromosome.
- Male sperm contains approximately equal amounts of X- and Y-bearing sperm.
- The fertilizing sperm determines whether the resulting chromosome pairing is XX or XY.
- The main difference between sexes involves reproductive body parts, their functions, and corresponding hormones.
