Question

LO 9.0 - PART 2

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1. Who determines the gender of your baby .... the mother or the father, or both? _____ Explain:

Answer 1

The one who determines the gender of a new baby is the father, since he is the carrier of the X and Y sex chromosomes.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sex chromosomes X and Y are called sex determinants, since the sex of the offspring depends on them:

• XX corresponds to the female sex.
• XY corresponds to the male sex.

A mother can only provide her offspring with X chromosomes, while the father can provide both X and Y chromosomes, so he is the one who determines the sex of a new child. In this case, the possibility of having a male or female child will always be 50:50