Mechanisms of Sex Determination

Mechanisms of Sex Determination

Use this image to explore the differences between 3 mechanisms of sex determination: sex chromosomes, haplodiploidy, and environment.

Topics

  • age
  • ants
  • bee
  • behavior
  • biological female
  • biological male
  • biological sex
  • birds
  • butterflies
  • chromosome
  • chromosomal sex determination
  • chicken
  • Clownfish
  • crickets
  • crocodile
  • developmental process
  • diploid
  • environmental factors
  • environmental sex determination
  • female
  • fertilized egg
  • fish
  • gene
  • grasshoppers
  • haploid
  • insects
  • homologous chromosomes
  • hormone
  • human
  • male
  • mammal
  • mechanisms of sex determination
  • moths
  • organism
  • phenotype
  • plants
  • position
  • reptiles
  • sex
  • sex chromosome
  • sex determination
  • sex-determining region Y
  • slipper limpet
  • stack
  • temperature
  • thrips
  • turtle
  • unfertilized egg
  • wasps
  • W chromosome
  • X chromosome
  • XO
  • XX
  • XX-XO system
  • XX-XY system
  • XY
  • Y chromosome
  • Z chromosome
  • ZZ
  • ZZ-ZW system
  • ZW