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Re:Learning about evolution from species who thrive without ... by mnw21cam on Thursday November 10, 2016 @09:59AM (#12920864)
When male/female determination depends on which chromosome you inherit from a parent, it is hard for a mechanism to arise for the chance to be anything other than 50/50.

A lot of mammal species eliminate excess males using other methods - mainly bloody fights to the death, which also tends to result in the remaining males being the strongest ones.

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Re:Learning about evolution from species who thrive without ... by Grishnakh on Thursday November 10, 2016 @10:23AM (#12921100)
Except that it's not 50/50, at least in the case of humans. With humans, it's about 1.07/1, in favor of males.

The mechanism is much more complicated than a 50/50 chance of inheriting some chromosome.

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