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Sex determination

Definition(s)

Any process that establishes and transmits the specification of sexual status of an individual organism. Reference(s): ISBN:0198506732

Definition from: Gene Ontology via Unified Medical Language SystemThis link leads to a site outside Genetics Home Reference. at the National Library of Medicine

The mechanism in a given species by which sex is determined; in many species sex is determined at fertilization by the nature of the sperm that fertilizes the egg.

Definition from: Office of Rare DiseasesThis link leads to a site outside Genetics Home Reference. at the National Institutes of Health

See also Understanding Medical Terminology.

 
Published: May 20, 2013