Barbara J. Meyer, PhD, and David C. Page, MD, explore topics such as the evolution of the sex chromosomes, the genetic cues that affect sex determination, the advantages of studying sex in a worm, human infertility, and ethics. Dr. Meyer is an HHMI investigator and professor of genetics and

Meiosis, the form of cell division unique to egg and sperm production, sets the stage for sex determination by creating sperm that carry either an X or a Y sex chromosome.

Sex chromosomes are particular chromosomes that are involved in determining the sex of an organism. In the cells of humans and many other organisms the sex chromosomes consist of a pair of chromosomes called the X and Y chromosomes.

The XY sex-determination system is the sex-determination system found in humans, most other mammals, some insects (), some snakes, and some plants ().In this system, the sex of an individual is determined by a pair of sex chromosomes.

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Temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) is a type of environmental sex determination in which the temperatures experienced during embryonic/larval development determine the sex of the offspring.

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