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XX-XO type sex determination is found in

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Birds
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Drosophila
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Grasshopper
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Honey bee
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The correct option is C Grasshopper
Grasshopper is an example of XO type of sex determination in which the males have only one X-chromosome besides the autosomes, whereas females have a pair of X-chromosomes. In human beings and in Drosophila the males have one X and one Y chromosome, whereas females have a pair of X chromosomes besides autosomes. In birds, the total number of chromosome is same in both males and females. But two different types of gametes in terms of the sex chromosomes, are produced by females, i.e., female heterogamety. The two different sex chromosomes of a female bird has been designated to be the Z and W chromosomes. In these organisms the females have one Z and one W chromosome, whereas males have a pair of Z-chromosomes besides the autosomes.

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