ZW system

Proper noun

Meaning

ZW system

(biology) A system for characterizing the sex of animals, such as butterflies and Komodo dragons, in which males have two of the same kind of sex cell (ZZ) and females have two distinct sex cells (ZW).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Close letter words and terms

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