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What are sex hormones? Why are they named so? State their function.

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The nucleus of every cell of a human being contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, that is, 46 chromosomes in all, within itself. Two chromosomes out of these are the sex chromosomes known as X and Y. A female has two X chromosomes whereas a male has one X and one Y chromosomes.
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