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In the ZW sex chromosome system, the male genotype is ZZ. The letter Z represents the presence of a dominant male-determining gene, while the letter W represents the absence of this gene, which determines female development. Therefore, individuals with the ZZ genotype develop as males in this system.
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The Z chromosome is a sex chromosome found in birds, reptiles, and insects. In species with ZW sex determination, females have two Z chromosomes (ZZ) and males have one Z chromosome (ZW). The Z chromosome plays a role in determining the sex of an individual.
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In the ZW sex chromosome system, the male genotype is ZZ. The letter Z represents the presence of a dominant male-determining gene, while the letter W represents the absence of this gene, which determines female development. Therefore, individuals with the ZZ genotype develop as males in this system.
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The Z chromosome is a sex chromosome found in birds, reptiles, and insects. In species with ZW sex determination, females have two Z chromosomes (ZZ) and males have one Z chromosome (ZW). The Z chromosome plays a role in determining the sex of an individual.
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It depends which species you are. There is the XY system (which mammals use) where it is the presence of the Y chromosome that induces male development. The Y chromosome contains genes like Sry that initiate the male developmental program. Male mammals have an X and a Y chromosome, female mammals have two X chromosomes. However, for other species, like birds, use the so-called ZW sex chromosome system where it is actually the absence of the W chromosome that permits male development - male birds have two Z chromosomes and female birds have a W and a Z chromosome. And then there's the X0 system, which many insects use, where two copies of an X chromosome results in a female but a single copy of an X chromosome results in a male.
These genotypes are determined by a human's 23rd pair of chromosomes. If the subject is female, she has two X's reading XX. If it is male, then his genotype will read XY. There is a 50-50 shot of each. This is because a woman donates one chromosome (she only has two X's so it is inevitable that she will donate an X), and a man donates one of his. If a man donates his 'X' then there will be two X's and the child will be female. If he donates his 'Y' then the child will be male.Male is XY, female is XX. There are, however, other genotypes (XXY, XXX, XO...) and not all people have a phenotype that goes with their genotype.
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In Human Beings two chromosomes normally determine a persons sex. If a person has two X chromosomes, (XX), that person will be a female. If a person has an X and a Y chromosome, that person will be a male. Most people get 23 chromosomes from their mother and 23 from their father. Thus, most people have 46 chromosomes. They get either an X or a Y chromosome from their father. Sometimes things get complicated. That is for another answer.
ZW is parallel to YX.