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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Akshualy those are lesbians, because birds have XX for male and XY for female. 😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Don't birds have W and Z or something instead of X and Y?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What you call them iis arbitrary. Genetics is a disgustingly unstandardized field when it comes to naming things.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

It isn't arbitrary when you're comparing it to another specific chromosome.