X chromosome
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They also generally have a more active immune response, partly due to genetic factors like the X chromosome.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 13, 2026
The team analyzed modern human DNA preserved in Neanderthals, and found an abundance on the X chromosome -- the mirror opposite of humans.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
Researchers suspected that the mutation causing the condition was somewhere on the X chromosome, because females, which have two X chromosomes, are less affected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
This tallies with the fact that the gene is carried on the X chromosome.
From BBC ● May 15, 2025
The sex is thus determined by the male gamete, the X chromosome united with that of the female gamete producing female individuals, while the Y united with X produces male individuals.
From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham
