Errors in Human Sex Determination

Errors in Human Sex Determination
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•Can sex determination be the result of errors and environmental factors? 

Sex determination is a system, biological in nature that determines different sexual characteristics in organisms that reproduce sexually to either form male or female sexes. In most circumstances, sex allocation is independent of environmental factors. Sex is often determined by genetic conflicts. In amphibians and reptiles however, studies have shown that environmental factors have a significant influence on the sex of turtles and crocodilian reptiles. Temperature is usually the most influential environmental sex determining factor when it comes to cold blooded creatures like reptiles. When it comes to humans, environmental factors have little or no effect in sex determination. Genetic factors are more influential on human sex determination than environmental factors.
•Does sex testing for sporting events make any sense?
Sex testing for sporting events makes sense. Naturally, women should not have testosterone levels that are within the male range. If for instance a female athlete has very high testosterone levels, she would gain competitive advantage over her other female counterparts due to her ability to compete with male related characteristics. Scientists believe that these high levels of testosterone in women cause development of bulky muscles that may present an unfair competitive advantage.
•Which types of tests are valid and how are they valid? What do they demonstrate? 
Sexual determination tests are carried out to either predict a certain outcome or to determine the sex of an animal or a human that exhibits physical traits of one sex but genetic characteristics of another. Due to their ability to...