Sex determination
Sex determination may refer to:
Development of an organism's sex
[edit]- A sex-determination system, a biological system that directs the development of sexual characteristics in an organism
- Sexual differentiation in humans
- Sexual differentiation, the development of sexual characteristics in sexually reproducing organisms in general
Discernment of an organism's sex
[edit]- Determination of sex, the scientific or medical discernment of an infant's biological sex at birth
- Prenatal sex discernment, prenatal testing for the discernment of the fetal sex in humans
- Sex assignment, a colloquial term for the discernment of an infant's sex at birth
- Sexing, used by biologists and agricultural workers to discern the sex of livestock or other animals
See also
[edit]- Gender, including biological sex
- Passing (gender), relating to the perception of gender, especially of transgender people
- Sexual dimorphism, a phenotypic difference between males and females of the same species, used in sex discernment
- Sex differences in humans
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