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What is a sex chromosome?

What is a sex chromosome? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (genetics) either of a pair of chromosomes (in most animals and plants) whose combination determines the sexual characteristics of an individual.
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These technologies would not be permitted except for health purposes, for example, to screen for serious medical conditions that are carried on a sex chromosome and are more likely to occur in one gender than the other.
One pair is the sex chromosome which among other things determines gender.
In embryos with abnormal sex chromosome complexes, the number of X chromosomes is apparently of little significance.
Males and females have different sex chromosome constitutions, thus, the mechanism of sex determination is genetically mediated and demonstrates a paternal origin effect.
The prevalence of sex chromosome abnormalities in the mare has been reported to be less than 3%.
To define the prevalence of low-level sex chromosome mosaicism in a cohort of infertile men.

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