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What is a sex chromosome?
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30/11/2020 12:35 pm
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What is a sex chromosome?
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Sex chromosome is a chromosome that operates in the sex determining mechanism of a species. Many animals have two different types of sex chromosomes. For example, in human there is a large X chromosome and a much smaller Y chromosome.
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