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What is male heterogamety ? Give one example.

 
 

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In XO and XY type sex-determining mechanisms males produce two different types of gametes,

(a) either with or without X-chromosome or

(b) some gametes with X-chromosome and some with Y-chromosome.

Such types of sex determination mechanism is designated to be the example of male heterogamety. Example- Human beings and drosophila (XY TYPE)

Grasshopper (XO TYPE) 

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