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(biology) A sex-determination system in which males develop from unfertilized eggs and are haploid, and females develop from fertilized eggs and are diploid..
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Haplodiploidy means (biology) A sex-determination system in which males develop from unfertilized eggs and are haploid, and females develop from fertilized eggs and are diploid..
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