Biologic Function
sex determination
sex de·ter·mi·na·tion
Definitions related to sex determination:
  • Any process that establishes and transmits the specification of sexual status of an individual organism.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • Mechanism in a given species, by which the gender of an individual is fixed; in many species, gender is established at fertilization by the sperm that fertilizes the egg.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Sex determination, the establishment of the sex of an organism, usually by the inheritance at the time of fertilization of certain genes commonly localized on a particular chromosome. This pattern affects the development of the organism by controlling cellular metabolism and stimulating the...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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