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haplodiploidy (s) (noun) (no pl)
The mode of sex determination in which males are derived from haploid (single set of unpaired chromosomes) eggs and females from diploid (two sets of chromosomes) eggs; sometimes known as arrhenotoky.: Haplodiploidy occurs among wasps, bees, ants, spider mites, and beetles.
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