THE DETERMINATION OF SEX 



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9 SOMA (Queen) 



LAR BODY 



OCYTC 



— Polar body 



^— PcLAR BODY 



Mature cgo 



5perm cells 



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 EGG 



Fig. 63. — Diagram of the heredity of sex in bees, ants and wasps. The 

 outline chromosomes represent sample somatic chromosomes. The 

 solid black chromosomes stand for sex. The female has two sex 

 chromosomes while the male has but one. 



the opposite sex to develop to a certain degree in 

 their stead. This indicates that the determiners for 

 sex are intimately associated with those for the sec- 



