01-07-2010, 10:22
Kerensa.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_chromosome
males have 1 X and 1 Y
females have 2 X's
so males are XY females are XX
So yes, there is a difference. This is how they can choose a childs gender now with insemination, they put the sperm cell into the egg that would make whichever gender. The female egg, as far as I remember is the one X chromosome, the male sperm that actually fertilizes the egg is either X for a girl or Y for a boy. When you get a hermaphrodite, it's cause of a faulty sperm where it is not completely one or the other. That's my understanding of it and from what I remember from a show I watched on Discovery. I didn't actually read the link I just posted, I remembered the XY and XX thing from school, just wanted to show ya some proof. And something that is a bit more in depth then what I would be.
males have 1 X and 1 Y
females have 2 X's
so males are XY females are XX
So yes, there is a difference. This is how they can choose a childs gender now with insemination, they put the sperm cell into the egg that would make whichever gender. The female egg, as far as I remember is the one X chromosome, the male sperm that actually fertilizes the egg is either X for a girl or Y for a boy. When you get a hermaphrodite, it's cause of a faulty sperm where it is not completely one or the other. That's my understanding of it and from what I remember from a show I watched on Discovery. I didn't actually read the link I just posted, I remembered the XY and XX thing from school, just wanted to show ya some proof. And something that is a bit more in depth then what I would be.