Sex chromosomes and sex determining mechanisms in birds

Do male or female birds determine gender In a ZW female embryo, the single copy of DMRT1 permits the gonad to develop into an ovary, which makes estrogen and other related hormones; a female bird results. This kind of sex determination is known as gene dosage. It s the difference in the number of sex genes that determines sex. , genetics, ZWSexDeterminationInBirds, embrio, biology, NikolaysGeneticsLessons, ZZZWSystem, inheritance, sperm, SexLinkedTraitsInBirdGenetics, Autosomal, phenotype, gene, Cancer, sexlinkedTraits, sexChromosomes, ZChromosome, GeneticsLecture, ovum, sexDetermination, birdsGenetics, ZWSexdeterminationSystem, XYSexdeterminationSystem, hen, rooster, heterogametic, homogametic, ZZ, ZW, chromosome, Allele, ZZSEXDETERMINATION, GenderDetermination