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What is the total amount of chromosomes present in the human beings?
How is the sex of a child determined in the human beings?

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A human being normally has 46 chromosomes (23 pairs). the 23rd chromosome is a gender chromosome which decides the gender of the offspring.
In human beings, the females have two X chromosomes and the males have one X and one Y chromosome. Therefore, the females are XX and the males are XY.

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