Submitted by TheBloxyBloxGuy t3_11mdtz4 in askscience
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Some creatures like stick bugs or grasshoppers have an X0 sex determination system. So when eggs are fertilized, some sperm may have an X chromosome and some don’t. If the result of fertilization is two X chromosomes (even number of total chromosomes), then the offspring is female. If the result is only one X chromosome (an odd number of chromosomes), then the offspring is male.
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