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Other insects also use haplodiploidy as the sex-determining mechanism, notably bees and wasps.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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MtDNA is not part of the sex-determining chromosomes.
Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010
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Unlike the male Y-DNA, mtDNA is not found in sex-determining chromosomes or even in the nucleus of the cell.
Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010
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MtDNA is not part of the sex-determining chromosomes.
Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010
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Unlike the male Y-DNA, mtDNA is not found in sex-determining chromosomes or even in the nucleus of the cell.
Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010
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“The possibility that there is a male-determining, dosage-dependent gene on the Z chromosome of bearded dragons is an important insight,” says Quinn, “because to date, scientists have discovered the master sex-determining gene only in mammals and a single species of fish.”
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¢In one species, the X chromosome, one of the two sex-determining chromosomes (the other being the Y), contains about 20 percent of the entire genome.
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Major internet search engines Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft have been put on notice to ensure that they do not provide advertising platforms for sex-determining technology.
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Major internet search engines Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft have been put on notice to ensure that they do not provide advertising platforms for sex-determining technology.
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¢ In one species, the X chromosome, one of the two sex-determining chromosomes (the other being the Y), contains about 20 percent of the entire genome.
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