Because of the mechanism of sex determination,males of many species can be neither homozygous nor heterozygous.Such males are said to be ________.
A) dominant
B) hemizygous
C) recessive
D) complementary
E) None of the answers listed are correct.

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Hemizygous refers to a male individual that has only one allele of a gene located on the X chromosome, because they only have one X chromosome. Therefore, they cannot be homozygous or heterozygous for that gene.

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