XY
XY refers to the sex chromosome combination that typically produces male characteristics in mammals.
Humans with XY chromosomes develop as male, while XX produces female.
The term appears in discussions of genetics, sex determination, and gender: XY individuals carry one X and one Y chromosome.
In casual shorthand, XY sometimes just means male: the XY half of the population.
Science of hereditary transmission
- sexReproductive category or act
- maleSperm-producing sex
- femaleOffspring-bearing sex
- genderSocial identity category
DNA · inheritance · karyotype · determination · gamete · chromosome · allele · mutation
Math using symbols
- equationMathematical equality assertion
- unknownNot yet discovered
- coordinateArrange for unified action
- axisRotation reference line
graph · solve · formula · mathematics · placeholder · function · plot · intercept
Position in space
- positionLocation or stance
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- mapSpatial representation of terrain
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
latitude · longitude · navigation · point · spatial · pixel · screen · cursor
Without marks or content
- genericNot brand-name
- exampleRepresentative case shown
- templatePreset pattern for reproduction
- dummyLifelike substitute figure
filler · substitute · sample · anonymous · variable · stand-in · hypothetical · unspecified
genetics
Science of hereditary transmission
gender · DNA · inheritance · karyotype · determination · gamete · chromosome · allele · mutation · linked
algebra
Math using symbols
- equationMathematical equality assertion
- unknownNot yet discovered
- coordinateArrange for unified action
axis · graph · solve · formula · mathematics · placeholder · function · plot · intercept · slope
location
Position in space
GPS · latitude · longitude · navigation · point · spatial · pixel · screen · cursor · plotting
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Without marks or content
dummy · filler · substitute · sample · anonymous · variable · stand-in · hypothetical · unspecified · arbitrary
- sex biologybiological sex, sex chromosomes, Y chromosome, sex determination, sexual differentiation
- intersexintersex, hermaphrodite, hermaphroditism, sex chromosomes, mosaicism