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ZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationSex DeterminationHard2 minPYQ_2016
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Assertion : XX-XY type of sex determination mechanism is an example of male heterogamety. Reason: In birds, male heterogamety is seen as males produce two different types of gametes.
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C
Solution:
Chromosomal or allosomic determination of sex is based on heterogamety or occurence of two types of gametes in one of the two sexes. Male heterogamety is found in allosome complements XX-XY and XX-XO. In birds and some reptiles both the sexes possess two sex chromosomes but unlike human beings the females contain heteromorphic sex chromosomes while the males have homomorphic sex chromosomes (AA ).
Stream:AIIMSSubject:ZoologyTopic:Principles of Inheritance and VariationSubtopic:Sex Determination
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