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Meaning of X CHROMOSOME

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 Definition: [n]  the sex chromosome that is present in both sexes: singly in males and doubly in females; "human females normally have two X chromosomes"
 
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Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: A sex chromosome found in humans, fruit flies, and certain other animals where the male is the heterogametic sex. In the XY set of sex chromosomes, the female has two X chromosomes and the male has only one (and usually also a Y chromosome). In plants which use the XY system, this chromosome is female-determining.
 
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Glossary
 
 Definition: 
  1. One of the two sex chromosomes, X and Y.
  2. the larger of the two sex chromosomes. Normal females possess two X chromosomes; normal males possess one X and one Y chromosome.
 
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