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To: vox_freedom

If a person has an X and Y chromosome, he is male. How hard is this?

You can dress up a pig and call it a sheep, but it is still a pig.


7 posted on 05/18/2005 8:09:13 AM PDT by Mr. K (some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
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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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