SEX DETERMINATION AND DIFFERENTIATION

• SEX CHROMOSOMES X AND Y

• 22 PAIRS AUTOSOMAL

• 1 PAIR DETERMINES SEX: XX OR XY

• FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT AND EXTERNAL GENETALIA DEVELOP REGARDLESS

• TESTOSTERONE PRODUCES MALE CHARACTERISTICS

• EVIDENT AFTER 10 TO 12 WEEKS

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