Because of the mechanism of sex determination,males of many species can be neither homozygous nor heterozygous.Such males are said to be ________.

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Hemizygous refers to a male organism that has only one copy of a particular gene instead of the usual two because the gene is located on the sex chromosome (X or Y). This is because males have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome, whereas females have two X chromosomes. Therefore, males cannot be homozygous or heterozygous for genes located on the sex chromosomes, making them hemizygous.

Because of the Mechanism of Sex Determination,males of Many Species