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Question #6ca5c

Answer 1

`XX` and `XY`

Explanation:

There are two types of chromosomes, `X` and `Y` chromosomes. Males have a pair of both `X` and `Y` chromosomes, while females only have `X` chromosomes.

In a male, half the sperm produced carry an `X` chromosome, while the other half carry a `Y` chromosome. In females, the eggs produced by the ovary carry only `X` chromosomes.

So, your gender is determined by the chromosome that the sperm carries and fertilizes that egg. If it was a `Y` chromosome sperm, then a male is born, but if it was a `X` chromosome sperm, then a female is born.

In conclusion, if you have `XY` chromosomes in your body, you are a male, but if you have `XX` chromosomes, then you are a female.