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Bird females have chromosome arrangement as

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XY
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XO
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WZ
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WW
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Solution

The correct option is C WZ
In birds, sex is determined by morphologically dissimilar pair of chromosomes called as sex chromosomes. Z and W are two sex chromosomes of birds. A male bird has ZZ (homogenetic sex) arrangement while a female bird has ZW (heterogenetic sex) arrangement of chromosomes. Number of chromosomes in birds is 69.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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