Sex determination

Sex determination may refer to:

Development of an organism's sex

Discernment of an organism's sex

  • 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

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