If an X Determines Femaleness and a Y Determines Maleness

question 43

Multiple Choice

If an X determines femaleness and a Y determines maleness, why doesn't gender testing necessarily determine the gender of an athlete?

• A) It's difficult to find the X and Y chromosomes in a human karyotype.
• B) Not everyone gets an X and/or a Y chromosome.
• C) A sexual development disorder can make a person with a Y still essentially female.
• D) A sexual development disorder can make a person with two Y's still essentially female.
• E) Estrogen from the mother can overwhelm the instructions from the Y chromosome, resulting in a female.

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