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“haplodiploidy”
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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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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