Meaning sex determination
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sex determinationSpecification of sex (male or female). Sex-determining mechanisms include chromosomal, genic, and environmental sex-determining systems. © 2005 by W. H. Freeman and Company. All rights reserve [..]
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sex determinationgenetic mechanism that will determine the sex of offspring. See sex differentiation.
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sex determinationThe process by which the decision is made for a fetus to develop as a male or a female. In mammals this is under genetic control, but in some groups of animals, environmental variables like incubation temperature determine the sex of the offspring.
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sex determinationValidation of the SEX of an individual by inspection of the GONADS and/or by genetic tests.
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sex determinationThe mechanism in a given species, by which the SEX of an individual is fixed. In many species, sex is established at FERTILIZATION by the SPERM that fertilizes the EGG. In human, the Y CHROMOSOME bear [..]
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sex determinationThe genetic specification of the sex of an individual by the genes of the X and Y chromosomes.
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