happy1892
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Actually, the single chromosome for males and double chromosome for females may be the way with mantises, too, like with honeybees.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XO_sex-determination_system
https://bioone.org/journals/journal..., Mantodea,common ancestors of these groups (
So maybe something caused a loss of one of the two chromosomes in the Brunneria borealis to produce a male?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XO_sex-determination_system
https://bioone.org/journals/journal..., Mantodea,common ancestors of these groups (
So maybe something caused a loss of one of the two chromosomes in the Brunneria borealis to produce a male?