In humans, sex determination is the process that determines the biological sex of an offspring and, as a result, the sexual characteristics that they will develop. Humans typically develop as either male or female, primarily depending on the combination of sex chromosomes that they inherit from their parents. The human sex chromosomes, called X and Y, are structures in human cells made up of tightly bound deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, and proteins. Those are molecules that contain the instructions for the development and functioning of all life forms, including the development of physical traits and body parts that correspond with each biological sex. Humans who inherit two X chromosomes typically develop as females, while humans with one X and one Y chromosome typically develop as males. Sex determination is the beginning of the development of many characteristics that influence how a human looks and functions as well as the societal expectations that other humans have for each other.
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- Sex Determination in Humans
- Schnebly, Risa Aria (Author)
- Santora, Emily (Editor)
- Arizona State University. School of Life Sciences. Center for Biology and Society. Embryo Project Encyclopedia. (Publisher)
- Arizona Board of Regents (Publisher)
- Sex Determination
- Genetic sex determination
- Intersex people
- Discrimination against intersex people
- Stevens, N. M. (Nettie Maria), 1861-1912
- Klinefelter's syndrome
- Turner's Syndrome
- Aristotle
- Gonadal Dysgenesis
- Baer, Karl Ernst von, 1792-1876
- Sex Chromatin
- Barr Bodies
- Wilson, Edmund B. (Edmund Beecher), 1856-1939
- Chromosomes
- X chromosome
- Y Chromosome
- Mixed Gonadal Dysgenesis
- Turner Syndrome
- Gonadal Dysgenesis, 45,X
- Gonadal Dysgenesis, XO
- Sex Chromosomes
- Gonads
- 46, XX Testicular Disorders of Sex Development
- Ovotesticular Disorders of Sex Development
- Genes, sry
- Sex-Determining Region Y Protein
- Genitalia
- Reproductive Organs
- ovary
- Testis
- Penis
- Vagina
- Disorders of Sex Development
- Sex Differentiation Disorders
- Sexual Development
- Sex Chromosome DSD
- Genotypic Sex
- Phenotypic Sex
- Chromosome Abnormalities, Sex
- Embryonic Development
- Sex Chromosome Abnormality Disorders
- Sex Determination Processes
- Sex Determination Genetic Processes
- Sex Differentiation
- Embryonic and Fetal Development
- Developmental Disabilities
- Sex Characteristics
- Sex Differences
- Sex Dimorphism
- Sex discrimination
- Sex Reassignment Procedures
- Intersex Society of North America
- Johns Hopkins University
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
- Stevens, N. M. (Nettie Maria), 1861-1912
- De la Chapelle, Albert
- Aristotle
- Galen
- Harvey, William J. (William James), 1888-
- Baer, Karl Ernst von, 1792-1876
- Kölliker, Albert, 1817-1905
- Hertwig, Oscar, 1849-1922
- McClung, C. E. (Clarence Erwin), 1870-1946
- Barr, Murray
- Fausto-Sterling, Anne, 1944-
- Chase, Cheryl
- Wilson, Edmund B. (Edmund Beecher), 1856-1939
- Concept
- Determination of sex
- Law--United States (General)--Persons--General. Status. Capacity--Natural persons--Capacity and disability--Intersex people
- Money, John
- Processes
- History of Sex Determination