The Importance Of Gender Selection

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The word gender is referring to sex; male and female.
The gender of your child is only influenced by the two chromosomes ‘X’ (female) and ‘Y’ (male). There isn’t much you can do to have a direct choice concerning the gender of your baby, but there are methods that are used to influence the chromosomes.
There have been studies that have proven the female chromosome ‘X’ has a large amount of genetic material in it, causing the chromosome to be heavy and much slower than the male chromosome ‘Y’ as there is less genetic material in it causing it to be lighter as well as faster allowing it to reach the egg first. Looking at this statement logically, you will pick up the fact that most babies end up being males due to the chromosome weight and speed therefore getting to the egg first. In this research project, I will discuss methods that can effect this debatable topic gender selection, and how influential each method is.

The aim of this research project is to determine if gender selection is possible through conception behavior, this research is important as there are many myths and biological methods that have been proved to be effective, they may not be guaranteed but the point is that they could higher your chances of having that baby boy/girl you want.

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The ‘X’ sperm chromosomes are statistically longer and larger than ‘Y’ sperm chromosomes. The mean areas of ‘X’ sperm chromosome heads are found to be 6% larger than the ‘Y’ sperm chromosomes. The length of ‘X’ sperm chromosome head, neck and tail are significantly larger and longer than the ‘Y’ sperm chromosomes. The ‘X’ sperm contains approximately 3- 4% more genetic material than ‘Y’ sperm chromosomes. However, few studies reveal no distinguishing characteristics in dimensions observed between ‘X’ sperm chromosomes and ‘Y’ sperm