During sex determination in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans , the development of female- or hermaphrodite-specific sexual structures occurs:

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During sex determination in the fruit fly  Drosophila melanogaster  and the nematode  Caenorhabditis elegans , the development of female- or hermaphrodite-specific sexual structures occurs:

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When the ratio of X chromosomes to autosomes is 2:2.

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When the ratio of X chromosomes to autosomes is 1:2.

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Due to the presence of sex determining genes on the Y chromosome.

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As a result of spontaneous loss of the Y chromosome.

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