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Explain the mechanism of sex determination in insects like Drosophila and grasshopper.

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In grasshopper, there is X-O type of sex determination in which the males have only one x-chromosome along with the autosomes and the females have a pair of X chromosomes.

In Drosophila, the mechanism of sex determination is of XY type. Females have a pair of X chromosomes, while the males have two type of sperms- one having X chromosome and other having Y chromosome.
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