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Gonadal sex in the human is determined at the moment when after fertilization of the ovum, impregnation, karyogamy occurs, i.e. fusion of the haploid female and male pronucleus. The human fertilized ovum, zygote, contains a diploid set of chromosomes 2n = 46. This number comprises 44 autosomes and 2 heterochromosomes (gonosomes), XX in the female zygote and XY in the male zygote.
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Horský, J., Presl, J. (1981). Development of Ovarian Activity and its Control. In: Ovarian Function and its Disorders. Developments in Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8195-9_1
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