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Male chromosome complement

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The large majority of males have a 46, XY chromosome complement (46 chromosomes including an X and a Y chromosome).

A minority of males have other chromosome constitutions such as 47,XXY (47 chromosomes including two X chromosomes and a Y chromosome) and 47,XYY (47 chromosomes including an X and two Y chromosomes).

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