Animal Sex Determination

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They have a haplodiploid system (B) Signup and view all the answers

Temperature (D) Signup and view all the answers

Cloning (D) Signup and view all the answers

They are a nearly all-female species that lay eggs that hatch into female clones of themselves (B) Signup and view all the answers

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The sex of human babies is determined by a 50/50 chance through the XY chromosome system.
Other animals have different sex determination systems such as birds and some reptiles where sex is determined by the mother's Z or W chromosome.
Ants have a haplodiploid system where males only have one copy of every gene and do not have a father.
Some animals like alligators and turtles have their sex determined by temperature.
Clownfish start out as males but mature into females and have a strict dominance hierarchy.
Green spoonworm sex is determined by where a larva lands on the sea floor.
Whiptail lizards are a nearly all-female species that lay eggs that hatch into female clones of themselves.
The system of sex determination varies throughout the entire animal kingdom.
The sex of the baby of the speaker and his wife is going to be a boy.
The chance of producing a male or a female depends on the sex determination system of each animal.