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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? 
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#2 2014-01-01 19:17:46
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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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
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
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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It is not my idea. Much has been published about them. I just do a little research or ask someone who has seen one.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#10 2014-01-02 17:11:38
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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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 
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#14 2014-01-08 01:33:38
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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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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