Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococci species isolated ... by Boa, Tyler T.; Rahube, Teddie O.; Fremaux, Bastien; Levett, Paul N.; Yost, Christopher K. / Journal of Environmental Health.
The X and Y chromosomes, also known as the sex chromosomes, determine the biological sex of an individual: females inherit an X chromosome from the father for a XX genotype, while males inherit a Y chromosome from the father for a XY genotype (mothers only pass on X chromosomes).
Report Abuse. autosomes are pairs of homologous (identical) chromosomes... sex chromosomes are the last pair (out of 23 pairs... 22 are autosomes).. males have xy sex chrom, while females have xx chrom... sex chromosomes determine the sex of the offspring... belle villalobos Â· 8 years ago. Thumbs up. 1.