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