Name the chromosome that is present in both male as well as female.
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Chromosome:
A chromosome is a DNA molecule that consists of a part or all of the genetic material of an organism.
The X chromosome is present in males as well as in females.
Humans and most other mammals have two sex chromosomes, the X and the Y.
Females have two X chromosomes in their cells, while males have both X and Y chromosomes in their cells.
The X chromosome is one of the two sex-determining chromosomes (allosomes) in many organisms, including mammals (the other is the Y chromosome), and is found in both males and females.
A child who inherits Y chromosome will be a boy and who inherits X chromosome will be a girl.