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Sex Determination

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What will be the sex of the child born:

$(a)$ if $X$ chromosome carrying sperm fuses with an egg cell carrying $X$ chromosome?

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If $X$ chromosome-carrying sperm combines with an $X$ chromosome-carrying egg cell during fertilisation, the zygote will have $X X$ chromosomes and develop into a female child.

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