BIOL 1003 Study Guide - Coagulation, Monosomy, Sex Link

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X and y are used to determine the sex on an individual and are homologues pairs during meiosis because they share the par which region shared between the two and are able to under go crossing over. Meiosis half chromosome number to form gametes- eggs, sperm. Sex of offspring determined by male sperm because it is the only to get gametes that are either x or y where as females will always give their off spring a y chromosome. For the 6-8 weeks in a zygotes life it is not distinct wither it will form a boy or a girl. Then if the child is to become a boy the sry gene (tdf) factor will activate and cause testes to drop and form. By default if no tdf factor is present then will develop female characteristics. Believed that the y chromosome has lost genes over times which is why is now codes for very few proteins.

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