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What is male heterozygosity?

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Male heterozygosity is a type of mechanism of sex-determination in organisms. XX and XY type of sex-determination shows the phenomenon of male heterogamety or heterozygosity because in both these cases, males produce two different types of gametes such as • Either with or without X-chromosome. • Some gametes with X-chromosome and some with Y-chromosome.
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