Chromosomes, tiny fibers inside plant and animal cells, are made up of DNA and histone proteins and contain millions of genes. Genes represent unique personality traits and play a role in inheritance and evolution. Chromosomes can be divided into sex and somatic chromosomes, with somatic chromosomes controlling physical traits and sex chromosomes providing sexual orientation. The number of chromosomes varies between species, with humans having 23 pairs per cell. Sex determination in humans involves separating male and female sexes based on genes found in each individual's sex chromosome. Human body cells have 23 pairs of chromosomes, with a 50% chance of fertilization ending in a son or daughter.
Human body cells have a total of 23 pairs of chromosomes. One pair is a single chromosome or heterosome, while the other twenty-two are autosomes. A male individual's cell has one set of XY sex chromosomes, while a female individual's cell has XX sex chromosomes. Male and female germ cells (located in the testes and ovaries) divide meiotically during the reproductive phase, making haploid gametes (n = 23) and diploid cells (2n = 2×23). The testis, the male reproductive organ, has 44 +XY chromosomes in its mother cell. Meiosis is the process by which this cell divides to produce sperm with either 22 + X or 22 + Y chromosomes. Similar to this, 44 + XX chromosomes make up the mother cell of the ovary, the female reproductive organ. Additionally, this cell divides via meiosis to produce an ovum with just 22 + X chromosomes. When a sperm with 22 + X chromosomes fuses with an ovum with 22 + X chromosomes during copulation, the resulting child will be a girl or daughter (44 + XX). In a similar vein, a boy or son (44 + XX) will be born if a sperm with 22 + Y chromosomes unites with an ovum with 22 + X chromosomes. Given that 50% of male sperm contain X chromosomes and 50% have Y chromosomes, there is a 50% chance of fertilization ending in a son or daughter.
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