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metamale

A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | 341 words | Copyright

metamale A fruit fly (Drosophila sp.) with three (instead of the normal two) copies of each autosome. The disproportion of autosomes to the normal complement of one X chromosome (plus one Y chromosome, which plays little or no part in sex determination) impairs development, and such flies are typically weak and sterile. Compare metafemale.

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