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What chromosome determines gender?

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Sex is the biological term and your teacher needs to know this correction!!

The Y chromosome determines the male sex, as the human morphology is female by default. The SRY control region on the Y chromosome begins it's activity to determine the male sex at about eight weeks into gestation.

Google SRY region.

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