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| sex chro·mo·some (plural sex chro·mo·somes) |
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chromosome determining sex: a chromosome that determines the sex of an organism, e.g. the X and Y chromosomes in human beings and other mammals. In each cell nucleus, a male mammal has one X and one Y chromosome, and a female has two X chromosomes.
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