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Describe sex-determination in grasshoppers.

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Grasshoppers have XX-XO method of sex-determination. In this, female has XX and produces homogametic eggs, while male has only one chromosome and produces two types of sperms, e.g. gymnosperms (with X) and angiosperms (without X).
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