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  • 51Y chromosome — The sex chromosome found together with an X chromosome in most normal males. Once thought to be a genetic wasteland, the Y now is known to contain at least 20 genes, some of them unique to the Y including the male determining gene and male… …

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  • 52homogametic — Producing only one type of gamete with respect to sex chromosomes; in humans and most animals, the female is h.. SYN: monogametic. [homo + G. gametikos, connubial] * * * ho·mo·ga·met·ic gə met ik, mēt adj forming gametes that all have the same… …

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  • 53Dioecy — (Greek: two households ; adjective form: dioecious) is the property of a group of biological organisms that have males and females, but not members that have organs of both sexes at the same time. I.e., those whose individual members can usually… …

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  • 54X chromosome — n a sex chromosome that usu. occurs paired in each female cell and single in each male cell in species in which the male typically has two unlike sex chromosomes compare Y CHROMOSOME * * * the sex chromosome present in both sexes. Women have two… …

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  • 55W chromosome — a sex chromosome of certain insects, birds, and fishes, in which the female is heterogametic (i.e., has a W and a Z chromosome) and the males are homogametic (having only Z chromosomes) …

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  • 56X-chromosome —    A chromosome responsible for sex determination. Two copies are present in the genome of the homogametic sex and one copy in the heterogametic sex. The human female has two X chromosomes and the male has one X …

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  • 57Y- chromosome —    A chromosome responsible for sex determination in the heterogametic sex. This occurs in male (XY) mammals …

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  • 58homogametic — adj. describing the sex that produces only one kind of gamete, which carries the same sex chromosome, and that therefore does not determine the sex of the offspring. In humans women are the homogametic sex: each egg cell carries an X chromosome.… …

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  • 59heterogametinė lytis — statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Lytis, kurios individas gamina dviejų tipų gametas. atitikmenys: angl. heterogametic sex rus. гетерогаметный пол …

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  • 60гетерогаметный пол — heterogametinė lytis statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Lytis, kurios individas gamina dviejų tipų gametas. atitikmenys: angl. heterogametic sex rus. гетерогаметный пол …

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