XY
The most frequent sex chromosome complement in human males.
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- XYY syndrome
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- X chromosome
The sex chromosome that is found twice in normal females and singly, along with a Y chromosome, in normal males. The complete chromosome complement consists of 46 chromosomes, including the 2 sex chromosomes, and is thus conventionally written as 46,XX for chromosomally normal females and 46,XY for chromosomally normal males.
- X (in genetics)
Although the letter X can be used as a symbol in various ways (such as with X-rays, the X-axis of a graph, etc.), “the X ” in genetics and medicine today usually refers to the X chromosome. The X is the sex chromosome that is found twice in chromosomally normal females and singly along with […]
- Y chromosome
The sex chromosome that is found, together with an X chromosome, in most normal males. The Y chromosome contains the unique male-determining gene and the male fitness genes that are active only in the testis and are responsible for the formation of sperm. Other genes on the Y chromosome have counterparts on the X chromosome, […]