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A male honeybee has 16 chromosomes whereas its female has 32 chromosomes. Give one reason. [1]

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It is because of haplodiploidy which is a sex determination system in which males develop parthenogenetically from unfertilized eggs and are haploid, and the females develop from fertilized eggs and are diploid. [1]

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