X chromosome
noun
: a sex chromosome that usually occurs paired in each female cell and single in each male cell in species in which the male typically has two unlike sex chromosomes compare y chromosome
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In the cells of every female human being, there are two X chromosomes and no Y. A fertilized egg that has two Xs will grow into a girl.
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Outside Online, 31 July 2024
At the time of their disqualifications, the president of the International Boxing Association, which governs the World Boxing Championships, alleged that the boxers’ chromosome tests came back as XY (women typically have two X chromosomes, while men typically have an X and a Y chromosome).
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 30 July 2024
These new roles came to light from efforts to understand the process of X-inactivation, wherein one of the two X chromosomes carried by females is silenced, all 1,000 or so of its genes (in humans) being turned off.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
The X chromosome contains approximately 900 genes with multiple functions, whereas the Y has approximately 55 genes with only 27 of them being male-specific.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 14 Mar. 2024
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Outside Online, 31 July 2024
At the time of their disqualifications, the president of the International Boxing Association, which governs the World Boxing Championships, alleged that the boxers’ chromosome tests came back as XY (women typically have two X chromosomes, while men typically have an X and a Y chromosome).
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 30 July 2024
These new roles came to light from efforts to understand the process of X-inactivation, wherein one of the two X chromosomes carried by females is silenced, all 1,000 or so of its genes (in humans) being turned off.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
The X chromosome contains approximately 900 genes with multiple functions, whereas the Y has approximately 55 genes with only 27 of them being male-specific.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 14 Mar. 2024
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“X chromosome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/X%20chromosome. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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