(thing) by BioTech Fri Nov 30 2001 at 15:29:33
A Z chromosome is a sex chromosome found in all birds and certain other animals where the female is the heterogametic sex. It is part of the WZ set of sex chromosomes, which are so designated to prevent confusion with the XY set of sex chromosomes for species (such as humans) where the male is the heterogametic sex. In the WZ system, the male has two Z chromosomes and the female has only one Z (and one W chromosome).

From the science dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/

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