Male Sex Chromosome
Key Facts
Abbreviation
XY
Pronunciation
/meɪl sɛks ˈkroʊməˌzoʊm/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology
Examples in Context
- She says that the inherent fragility of the male sex chromosome, the Y sex chromosome, means that men are sliding towards extinction.
- Study on the Breeding of Male Silkworm Varieties Using Lethal Lines Balanced on Silkworm Sex Chromosome
- The sex of birds is determined by chromosomes ZZ in the male or ZW in the female in the nature, so the sex chromosome of spermatozoa is Z and that of ovum is Z or W.
- Rearing male silkworm only can be realized by using silkworm variety with lethals balanced on sex chromosome, but the current commercial silkworm varieties are lack of the sex controlled genes located on these special lines, so that people can not control their sex artificially.