X chromosome
noun
: a sex chromosome that usually occurs paired in each female cell and single in each male cell in species in which the male typically has two unlike sex chromosomes compare y chromosome
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With the most common types, the faulty gene is located on the X chromosome.
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Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Females have two X chromosomes, and males have an X chromosome and a Y chromosome.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 17 May 2025
People assigned female at birth have two X chromosomes, a fundamental advantage over XY, the chromosomes males have at birth.
—Starre Vartan, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
What about women who have Turner syndrome or only have one X chromosome or men with Klinefelter syndrome with an XXY karyotype?
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
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Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Females have two X chromosomes, and males have an X chromosome and a Y chromosome.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 17 May 2025
People assigned female at birth have two X chromosomes, a fundamental advantage over XY, the chromosomes males have at birth.
—Starre Vartan, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
What about women who have Turner syndrome or only have one X chromosome or men with Klinefelter syndrome with an XXY karyotype?
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
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“X chromosome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/X%20chromosome. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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