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.
At conception, gender is determined by chromosome characteristics - and it will be the male. (or rather the male's sperm) that dictates whether the baby will be a boy or a girl. Prior to conception, the unfertilized egg carries an X chromosome while the sperm can carry either an X or a Y chromosome. The gender of the baby comes down to one simple event: