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    The XY sex-determination system is a sex-determination system present in many mammals, including humans, some insects (Drosophila), some snakes, some fish...
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    A sex-determination system is a biological system that determines the development of sexual characteristics in an organism. Most organisms that create...
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    The ZW sex-determination system is a chromosomal system that determines the sex of offspring in birds, some fish and crustaceans such as the giant river...
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    The XO sex-determination system (sometimes referred to as X0 sex-determination system) is a system that some species of insects, arachnids, and mammals...
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    The ZO sex-determination system is a system that determines the sex of offspring in several moths. In those species, there is one sex chromosome, Z. Males...
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    sex of an individual is determined through one of several biological sex-determination systems. Most mammalian species have the XY sex-determination system...
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    Temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) is a type of environmental sex determination in which the temperatures experienced during embryonic/larval...
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    Haplodiploidy is a sex-determination system in which males develop from unfertilized eggs and are haploid, and females develop from fertilized eggs and...
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    systems, their sex determination primarily regulated by MADS-box genes. These genes code for proteins that form the sex organs in flowers. Plant sex chromosomes...
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    Environmental sex determination is the establishment of sex by a non-genetic cue, such as nutrient availability, experienced within a discrete period...
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