Insects encompass the most variable mechanisms of sex determinations in animals, with male
heterogamety ( XY ), female hetergamety ( ZW ), etc.
Insect Sex
Chromosome and Sex-Biased Genes Database ( InSexBase ) contains the chromosome-level data of 49 insect
species, including 15 Z chromosomes, 5 W chromosomes, 2 Y chromosomes, 34 X chromosomes and Y-linked contigs of 4 insect species. It also
has 123,030 sex chromosome genes and 42,488 sex-biased genes. InSexBase intends to provide a
comprehensive platform of sex-related genome and gene resources in insects.