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                                                Sex chromosomes
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                                                One of the two chromosomes that specify an organism's genetic sex. Humans have two kinds of sex chromosomes, one called X and the other Y. Normal females possess two X chromosomes and normal males one X and one Y. 
 
Courtesy of the National Human Genome Research Institute (genome.gov).
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