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प्रश्न
Why did T. H. Morgan select Drosophila melanogaster to study sex linked genes for his lab experiments ?
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उत्तर
T. H. Morgan selected Drosophila melanogaster to study sex-linked genes in his lab experiment due to the following reasons:
(i) Drosophila melanogaster has short life cycle, high reproductive rate and has sex chromosomes similar to that of humans, that is, females have XX chromosomes while males have XY chromosomes (however, their sex determination mechanism is different from humans).
(ii) Sex-linked traits such as red eye colour and white eye colour are found only in Drosophila melanogaster, where white eye colour in males is a sex-linked recessive trait.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following questions related to sex determination in human beings:
i. What is sex chromosome?
ii. How many pairs of chromosomes are present in human beings?
iii. How is the sex of the human offspring determined?
iv. Draw a diagram depicting sex determination in man.
A new born child has an XY pair of chromosmes. Will it be a baby boy or a baby girl?
Choose the correct answer:
Chromosomes identical in male and female are called __________
Give Technical Term:
The cell which determines the sex of a baby.
What is parthenogenesis?
Read the following statements and select the correct option.
i. If sperm containing Y chromosome fertilizes the ovum, then diploid zygote is formed that grows into a male child.
ii. If sperm containing X chromosome fertilizes ovum, then diploid zygote is formed, that grows into a female child.
Which of the following determines the sex of a child?
Structures present in a cell which is responsible for determination of the sex of a baby is ______.
Fill the blank circles in figure and identify the sex of child A and B.

How many types of gametes are produced by a human female?
