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Home/Questions/Read the following and answer any four questions f...

Read the following and answer any four questions from (i) to (v).

Sex determination is the method by which distinction between males and females is established in a species. The sex of an individual is determined by specific chromosomes. These chromosomes are called sex chromosomes or allosomes. X and Y chromosomes are called sex chromosomes. The normal chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes of an individual are known as autosomes.

(i) ln XX-XO type of sex determination:

  1. Females produce two different types of gametes.
  2. Males produce two different types of gametes.
  3. Females produce gametes with Y chromosome.
  4. Males produce gametes with Y chromosome.

(ii) A couple has six daughters. What is the possibility of their having a girl next time?

  1. 10%
  2. 50%
  3. 90%
  4. 100%

(iii) Number of autosomes present in liver cells of a human female is:

  1. 22 autosomes.
  2. 22 pairs.
  3. 23 autosomes.
  4. 23 pairs.

(iv) XX-XO type of sex determination and XX-XY type of sex determination are the examples of:

  1. Male heterogamety.
  2. Female heterogamety.
  3. Male homogamety.
  4. Both (b) and (c).

(v) Select the incorrect statement.

  1. ln male grasshoppers, 50% of sperms have no sex chromosome.
  2. Female fruit fly is heterogametic.
  3. Human male produces two types of sperms 50% having X chromosome and 50% having Y chromosomes.
  4. In turtle, sex determination is regulated by environmental factors.

Class 10BiologyHeredity and Evolution

Verified Answer

i (b) Males produce two different types of gametes.

Explanation:

ln XX-XO type and XX-XY type of sex determining mechanisms, males produce two different types of gametes, either with or without X-chromosome (XO type), or some gametes with X-chromosome and some with Y-chromosome (XY type). Such type of sex determination mechanism is designated to be the example of male heterogamety. In both, females are homogametic and produce X type of gametes in both the cases and have XX genotype.

ii (b) 50%

Explanation:

The possibility of having a girl or boy child is equal i.e., 50%, as 50% male gametes are Y type and 50% are X type. Fusion of egg with X type sperm will produce a girl child.

iii (b) 22 pairs.

Explanation:

ln humans, number of autosomes are 2n = 44 or 22 pairs regardless of the sex.

 

  1. (a) Male heterogamety.

 

  1. (b) Female fruitfly is heterogametic.

Explanation:

Male fruitfly is heterogametic whereas female fruitfly is homogametic.