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X chromosome
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X chromosome [′eks ′krō·mə‚sōm]
(genetics)
The sex chromosome occurring in double dose in the homogametic female sex and in single dose in the heterogametic male sex in mammals,Diosophila, and many other organisms.


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The X chromosomes from a man can live longer inside a woman''s productive system than the Y chromosomes.
If a prospective mother possesses pre-egg cells in which one of her X chromosomes harbors a non-functional gene for the androgen receptor, then fifty percent of the egg cells she makes will carry the faulty gene.
While women have two X chromosomes, men have a paired X and Y.
 
 
 
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