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Which is the male genotype in the ZW sex chromosome system.

A. ZY
B. ZZ
C. XZ
D. ZW

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Answer:

ZZ

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User Ziggy
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The correct answer is B. ZZ

The sex chromosomes in birds are depicted as Z and W. In most of the bird species, the Z chromosome is large and contains almost all the sex-linked genes whereas, the W sex chromosome is much smaller have a high proportion of repeat sequence DNA. The male bird is homogametic having genotype (ZZ) and the female bird is heterogametic (ZW).

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