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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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    XY sex determination, an organism must have at least one X chromosome in order to survive. The XY system contrasts in several ways with the ZW sex-determination...
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    Genic Balance Theory of sex determination. Among animals, the most common chromosomal sex determination systems are XY, XO, ZW, ZO, but with numerous exceptions...
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    Sex-determination system Sexual differentiation Haplodiploid sex-determination system XY sex-determination system ZO sex-determination system ZW sex-determination...
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    sex-determination system XO sex-determination system ZW sex-determination system Temperature-dependent sex determination X chromosome Y chromosome Traut...
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  • Look up ZW in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ZW or zw may refer to: ZW sex-determination system, chromosomal in birds and some species of reptile, fish...
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    chromosomal sex-determination systems in animals include the ZW system in birds, and the XO system in some insects. Various environmental systems include...
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    patterns are different in animals that use sex-determination systems other than XY. In the ZW sex-determination system used by birds, the mammalian pattern...
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    the ZW sex-determination system. Heterogametic sex determination systems typically have an approximately equal sex ratio, with distributions of sexes conforming...
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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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