Science / Genetics / Sex Chromosome: The x or y chromosome in human beings that determines the sex of an individual. Females have two x chromosomes in diploid cells: males have an x and a y chromosome. The sex chromosomes comprise the 23rd chromosome pair in a karyotype.
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Sex Noun Synonyms: gender
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Science / Biology / Sex Linkage: The condition in which the inheritance of a sex chromosome is coupled with that of a given gene; e.g., red-green color blindness and hemophilia in humans. Traits located on the X-chromosome. MORE
Science / Biology / X-Chromosome: One of the sex chromosomes. MORE
Science / Genetics / X Chromosome: One of the two sex chromosomes, x and y. MORE
Science / Biology / Sex Chromosomes: The chromosomes that determine the sex of an organism. In humans, females have two X chromosomes, and males have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome. Chromosome that determines the gender (sex) of t MORE
Science / Genetics / Y Chromosome: One of the two sex chromosomes, x and y. MORE