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2025-01-24 06:46:54 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EDC5EF8678185714C2F4CB966A5AE82873BE45571D7173F5DDF26F5ADEAF0DBD
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Original Note:
The claim that “all embryos have female sex characteristics at conception” is inaccurate. Sex is determined at conception by chromosomes (XX for female, XY for male). Early development involves undifferentiated structures, but genetic sex is fixed at fertilization. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181215141333.htm https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/sex-determination-humans https://www.hudson.org.au/news/discovery-about-how-a-babys-sex-is-determined/
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