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This contrasts with the typical male karotype of 46, XY; thus, the X and Y chro - mosomes are known as female and male, respectively.

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MaryW commented on the word karotype

The restrooms . . . are identified by the male and female karyotypes XY and XX chromosomes, respectively.
Misha Angrist, Here is a Human Being: At the Dawn of Personal Genomics (New York: HarperCollins, 2010), ch. 2 (Kindle loc. 262)

December 17, 2016