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Does gender of a progeny comes from parents?


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Gender:

  1. Gender refers to biological differences between males and females.
  2. The sex chromosomes (X and Y) determine the gender of a progeny.
  3. A progeny having XX chromosomes will be a female.
  4. A progeny having XY chromosomes will develop into male.
  5. As a progeny receives sex chromosomes from the mother and father.
  6. Hence, the gender of a progeny is defined by the parents.

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