{"id":4960,"date":"2023-04-19T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T04:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aplustopper.com\/?p=4960"},"modified":"2023-04-20T09:53:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T04:23:47","slug":"determines-gender-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aplustopper.com\/determines-gender-child\/","title":{"rendered":"What Determines the Gender of the Child"},"content":{"rendered":"
Do you know what determines whether the baby developing inside the mother\u2019s womb is a boy or a girl? This is determined by chromosomes, the thread-like structures found inside the nucleus. Chromosomes carry information in the form of genes. Each cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, including one pair of sex chromosomes. There are two types of sex chromosomes, X and Y, named after their shapes. Female cells contain the XX pair while male cells have the XY pair.<\/p>\n
The gametes (sperm and ovum) contain only one set of chromosomes consisting of one member of each pair. Ovum contains one X chromosome while a sperm may contain either of the two sex chromosomes\u2014X or Y. When the ovum gets fertilized, the sex of the baby will depend on which sperm fertilizes it. If a sperm carrying the X chromosome fertilizes the ovum, the baby will be a girl, as the chromosome pair will be XX. If a sperm carrying the Y , chromosome fertilizes the ovum, the baby will be a boy, as the chromosome pair will be XY.<\/p>\n
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When the fertilized egg reaches the uterus, it implants itself there. During the first eight weeks after fertilization, the baby is called the embryo. From eight weeks after fertilization till birth, the developing baby is called the foetus. The baby stays and grows inside the mother\u2019s womb (uterus) for about 40 weeks to develop fully. When the foetus is fully developed, the mother gives birth to the baby.<\/p>\n