who decide the sex of the body mother or father explain detail
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The sex of the baby is determined by the chromosomes of the father :
We can say that for Sex Determination , the father is the determinant of the sex of the embryo inside the mother's womb.
The father produces 2 types of sex chromosomes namely :
- X Chromosome
- Y Chromosome
While the mother only produces 1 type of sex chromosomes namely :
- X Chromosome
While meeting of the gametes during fertilisation , the chromosomes held by the sperms determine the sex of the embryo.
Let's see the probabilities in a tabular format :
So we can see that there is 50% probability of both sons and daughters to be born.
As we know that a female has two X chromosomes and male has a X and a Y chromosome
Semen contains almost equal amount of X as well as Y chromosomes
Hence there is an equal probability of the egg to be fertilized by an x or y chromosome
The sex of the baby is decided at the time of fertilization itself by the father