Re: Gender determination (wasOT: Re: What? The clean-shaven outnumber the bearded?)

Jake X scripsit:

> I've always made jokes about being a YY baby, which would
> only be possible as a child of a gay couple, though the child
> would be very messed up for lacking necessary genes found
> on the X chromosome.  A YY would be a real hunk though...
Y and YY are quickly lethal.  X and XXX and XXY and XYY are IIRC
all possible.

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