ext_50102 ([identity profile] freetrav.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] kengr 2009-08-21 01:06 am (UTC)

Basically, the sex-determination pair, normally XX or XY, isn't a pair, just a single X chromosome. The person who has this chromosomal abnormality will have a female phenotype.

The cases where a female phenotype turns out to be XY are generally cases of Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, where the body doesn't respond to 'male' hormones such as testosterone, and thus manifests as female.

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