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explain how the gender of the child is determined at the time of conception in human beings?

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At the time of fertilization if a sperm carrying X chromosome fuses with the egg then the result is a female child. However if a sperm carrying Y chromosome fuses with the egg then the result is a male child. This is because maleness is determined by XY chromosomes and femaleness by XX chromosomes.

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