LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259285271
Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 28, Problem 17WYL
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To determine:

The differences between genetic and phenotypic sex.

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The female and male reproductive structures arise from the same primordia. These primordia differentiate into female or male structures based on the signals they receive. The discovery of sex chromosomes was a major breakthrough that changed the course of understanding sex determination. The differences in sex chromosomes and genitalia are the basis of sex determination in most animals.

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