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To: Mr. K
If a person has an X and Y chromosome, he is male.

I forget the exact fraction but about 1 in 20 woman are XY, believe it or not. Basically the Y chromosome is not the sole sex-determinant. XY women are testerone-insensitive, and are more feminine than XX women.

15 posted on 05/18/2005 8:21:10 AM PDT by agere_contra
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To: agere_contra
testerone testosterone
17 posted on 05/18/2005 8:22:27 AM PDT by agere_contra
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To: agere_contra

I don't doubt that they teach that in college these days but, I think that one needs to backed up with a reference.


24 posted on 05/18/2005 8:42:42 AM PDT by Ragnorak
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