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#1 2014-01-01 14:37:17

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Animal Reproduction

Can you explain more about this topic? How do you know the gender of the new animal? rolleyes


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#2 2014-01-01 19:17:46

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Re: Animal Reproduction

Animals is a huge category. I know about bees and mammals only.

If a bee is born of an unfertilised egg, it is male. If the egg had been fertilised before, the offspring is a female.

Mammals (at least humans) have a pair of chromosomes known as gender chromosome.
Male Configuration -> XY
Female Configuration -> XX
Now, since the female has both X's, the female gamete always carries 1 X
The probability that a randomly chosen male gamete carries a Y or an X is half. That is it can contain either an X or a Y.
If the male gamete which fertilises the female gamete is an Y, the offspring is an XY {X from mother and Y from father} and thus is a male.
If the male gamete is an X, the offspring is female (XX)

Other kinds of mammals have different mechanisms, I don't know


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#3 2014-01-01 22:16:36

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Re: Animal Reproduction

I don't get it


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#4 2014-01-01 22:29:43

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Re: Animal Reproduction

Which portion do you not get?


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#5 2014-01-01 23:07:35

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Re: Animal Reproduction

Alligators determine there gender by what part of the mud heap there are nested in.


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#6 2014-01-02 16:49:12

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Re: Animal Reproduction

What about bankers?


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#7 2014-01-02 16:51:08

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Re: Animal Reproduction

They are [removed]. Through some sort of genetic manipualtion they now give birth in a way more like mammals.


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#8 2014-01-02 16:58:15

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Re: Animal Reproduction

Where do you get such idea from?


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#9 2014-01-02 17:06:13

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Re: Animal Reproduction

It is not my idea. Much has been published about them. I just do a little research or ask someone who has seen one.


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#10 2014-01-02 17:11:38

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Re: Animal Reproduction

Oh okay. I'll seek for some knowledge See you later


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#11 2014-01-02 17:23:50

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Re: Animal Reproduction

Okay, have a good day at school.


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#12 2014-01-02 21:11:42

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Re: Animal Reproduction

There are many other systems of species gender determination.

In one, the heterogametes (ZW) are female. In another,  males have a haploid and the females a diploid number of chromosomes. In a third one, one gender has only one gonosome, while the other has two!

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#13 2014-01-07 21:05:48

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Re: Animal Reproduction

Okay. I will just know that anyways soon. Thanks for all those who make me understand a little big_smile


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#14 2014-01-08 01:33:38

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Re: Animal Reproduction

I will just know that anyways soon

Are you keeping a zoo or what?


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#15 2014-01-18 14:48:00

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Re: Animal Reproduction

No, in school


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#16 2014-01-18 17:44:20

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Re: Animal Reproduction

There are zoos there too.


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#17 2014-01-18 19:11:52

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Re: Animal Reproduction

and they keep reptiles in the cages


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#18 2014-01-18 21:52:00

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Re: Animal Reproduction

Some of them are in cages.


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