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autosomal chromosomes and the sex chromosome (x and y)

Autosomal: 30000 (genes) the difference between me and the person net to
me is 60 genes.
Sex Chromosome: 1500 genes on each X Chromosome, the difference
between two difference X chromosomes is 2 genes. Individuals are XX, only
Express one of the X's from each parent.
two women are going to be different from each other is due to the X
chromosome that expresses itself. X's will be deleted if there is a defective
gene, and the other X will take over
males don't have that option due not having an extra X chromosome. Males
with defective X will have that disease and susceptibility to it.
higher auto immune diseases in women due to women having two x's and
can detect which X is defective and be able to negate the X gene.
variability in Y Chromosome, small and doesn't have a lot of size, 500 genes,
1/3 size of an x chrome, two people with Y Chromes will have a difference of 1
gene from this. 24 of 500 genes have been identified on what they do. two
clusters for Two separate functions, one cluster is for making proteins and the
controls the formation and creation of the testes(control sperm) and if there
is a defective, a male would be sterile.
3 from there x and one from there y, y chromosomes have little to no
variability. Y chromosome is small, genes are linked, when they break apart to
reassemble, they break apart in chunks, y chromosome is small that it breaks
off the ends and leaves 1 cluster behind. The SR Y gene is studied A LOT,
variation shifts between masculine bodies and feminine bodies.
the difference in male and female is the binary code, differ by about 250
chromosomes, women differ by 3 chromosomes on the X, 3 chromosomes on
the X and 1 on the Y,
sexual dimorphism, the size difference between males and females
Hormonal Sex Differences
Embryo it directs the internal part of the male sex organ then at puberty it
directs the secondary set of sex characteristics. Estrogen causes secondary
sex characteristics to come about during puberty. Hormones in the embryo
determine whether it has ovaries or testes, placenta makes hormones.
Presences of multiple siblings, affects the growth of all of the members of the
litters. females teeth in twins will have asymmetrical teeth, like male teeth,
more masculine like features (ears and teeth)

MENTAL SEX DIFFERENCES


Left and right brain hemispheres connecting on how they think, males usually
process verbal info on the left side of their brain and spatial info on their right
side while females process everything on both sides.
women will compensate for dyslexia more so over women.
men test better at rotating spatial objects, visualizing how to rotate a 3D
object in space. Standardized tests (SAT) show this type of analysis, Men
scored better in the 500 range, 600 range is 12 to one and 700 range is 17 to
one

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