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The male fruit fly and female fowl are heterogametic while the female fruit fly and the male fowl are homogametic. Why are they called so?

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Cell type of male fruit fly - XY Female fowl - ZW
The sex chromosomes are different, hence, they are called heterogametic.
While female fruit fly has XX and male fowl has ZZ. The sex chromosomes are similar hence homogametic.
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