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Sex Determination in Birds — NEET Biology

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How is the sex-determination mechanism different in the birds?

NCERT Biology · Class 12 · Chapter 4 · Paragraph 72
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Assertion (A): Birds show a different pattern of sex determination compared to mammals. Reason (R): In birds, females have ZZ chromosomes while males have ZW chromosomes.

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