ZW sex-determination system
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zw-sex-determination-system-175-11169795
title:
ZW sex-determination system
text:
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 prawn, some insects, the schistosome family of flatworms, and some reptiles, e.g. majority of snakes, lacertid lizards and monitors, including Komodo dragons. It is also present in some plants, where it has probably evolved independently on several occasions. The letters Z and W are used to distinguish this system from the XY sex-determination s
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Chromosomal system
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZW_sex-determination_system
date created:
2006-04-12T17:53:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T07:43:20Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Mice_X_Y_chromosomes.jpg","width":519,"height":285}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16