Sex Determination In Human Beings.

Title:
Sex Determination In Human Beings.
Word Count:
253

Summary:
Sex Determination is a result of recent studies and discoveries in Genetics. The role of X and

Keywords:
sex determination, chromosomes, allosomes, autosomes, genetics, gonads.

Article Body:
Humans are Dioecious i.e. contain male and female gonads in different induviduals.Male Gonads
The chromosomes which help in determination of the sex of the offspring are called the Allosom

The method of sex determination in Human Beings is XY type, where in males, the Allosomes are
type. Humans contain 46 chromosomes in the nucleus of the cell out of which, 44 are autosomes
On production of gametes, the no. of chromosomes is reduced to half , i.e. in the gametes ther

In females, ova contains 22 autosomes and 1 X chromosome.
In males, the sperm contains 22 autosomes as in ovum but the allosome can be either X or Y typ

During fertilisation, if sperm with X allosome fuses with the ovum, then it results into forma

Thus, Ovum has no role in sex determination but the sperm has the role of sex determination in

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