Cruise ship tour: Last look at the original 'Love Boat'. One of the most famous cruise ships of the modern era, the former Pacific Princess, is being dismantled at a scrapyard in Turkey.
The male parent does. Sex is determined by two chromosomes, X and Y. A female is XX, a male is XY. Since women completely lack the Y choromosome, they always contribute an X chromosome to the baby.The sex is determined by whether the sperm that fertilizes the egg is carrying another X or a Y.es | No Thank you! The male parent does. Sex is determined by two chromosomes, X and Y. A female is XX, a male is XY. Since women completely lack the Y choromosome, they always contribute an X chromosome to the baby. The sex is determined by whether the sperm that fertilizes the egg is carrying another X or a Y.
The XY sex-determination system is the sex-determination system found in humans, most other mammals, some insects, some snakes, and some plants. In this system, the sex of an individual is determined by a pair of sex chromosomes. Females typically have two of the same kind of sex chromosome, and are called the homogametic sex. Males typically have two different kinds of sex chromosomes, and are called the heterogametic sex. Exceptions to this are cases of XX males or XY females, or other syndrom