Question

What is the genotype of the male

Answer 1

When a sperm carrying the Y chromosome fertilizes an egg, the resulting embryo has a genotype of XY and will be a male. With rare exceptions, all other embryos will be XX or female. Although the Y chromosome codes for a male, the X chromosome is vital for normal human development.

Answer 2

Answer:

The genotype of the male is XY.

Chromosomes

• Each cell in the body contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, with the exception of the sex cells, which have only one copy of each chromosome.
• In humans, the sex cells are the female egg and the male sperm.
• One of these 23 chromosomes is the sex chromosome, which can be either the X chromosome or the Y chromosome.
• Females carry only X chromosomes in their eggs, while males carry can carry either an X or a Y chromosome.

Male Genotype

• The genotype of the male is XY.

• When a sperm carrying the Y chromosome fertilizes an egg, the resulting embryo has a genotype of XY and will be a male.
• With rare exceptions, all other embryos will be XX or female.
• Although the Y chromosome codes for a male, the X chromosome is vital for normal human development.
• In females, the second copy of the X chromosome is largely deactivated.

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