12th Class Biology Principle Of Inheritance And Variation

  • question_answer 22)
      ZZ/ZW type of sex determination is seen in (a) platypus                        (b) snails                              (c) cockroach                     (d) peacock

    Answer:

                      (d)In ZZ/ZW case, the female has heteromorphic (ZW) sex chromosomes and the male hashomomorphic (ZZ) sex chromosomes. Thus, peacock shows ZZ/ZW sex determination type. In platypus the sex determination is of XX-XYtype. Both male and females has ten sex chromosome each. The male has XY, XY, XY, XY, XY and female has XXXXXXXXXX. In snails the sex determination is environmentally induced, while in cockroaches it is of XX-XO types. In this type Y-chromosome is completely lacking. In this the presence puffs unpaired X-chromosomes determines the masculin sex.


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