"X0 system" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} X0 system
  1. (biology) The system that determines the sex of offspring among grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches, and some other insects, in which females have two sex cells (XX) and males have only one sex cell (X0, or simply X; the 0 signifies the lack of another X). Categories (topical): Biology Related terms: XY system, ZW system
    Sense id: en-X0_system-en-name-LB0ks7c5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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