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Sex Determination in Humans

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The human body has 23 pairs of chromosomes, out of which 22 pairs are autosomes and 1 pair is sex chromosome.

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Sex chromosomes

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Autosomes

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Sex chromosomes

The human body has 46 chromosomes or 23 pairs of chromosome, of which 44 are called autosomes and 2 are called sex chromosomes. They exist as 44+XX in females and 44+XY in males.

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