Total number of autosomes will be the same in:

I. Male and female humans
II. Male and female birds
III. Male and female Drosophila
IV. Male and female grasshopper

1. Only I, II, and III 2. Only I, II, and IV
3. Only II, III, and IV 4. I, II, III, and IV
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Select the incorrect statement:

1. Human males have one of their sex-chromosome much shorter than the other.
2. Male fruit fly is heterogametic.
3. In male grasshoppers, 50% of sperms have no sex chromosome.
4. In domesticated fowls, the sex of progeny depends on the type of sperm rather than the egg.
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Consider the following statements regarding
Y chromosome in humans:

I. Y chromosome is a male-determining chromosome in humans
II. Y chromosome contains a gene, SRY, which triggers embryonic development as a male
III. 50 % of sons of a male inherit his Y chromosome 

Of the given statements, the correct statements are:

1. I and II only 2. I and III only
3. II and III only 4. I, II, and III
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A woman receives her X chromosomes from:

1. her mother only

2. her father only

3. both her mother and her father

4. extranuclear DNA in her mother's egg

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The sex of the fetus is determined:

1. at the time of fertilization by the type of sperm fertilizing the ovum.
2. at the time of fertilization by the female parent as she always produces an egg with an X chromosome.
3. at the time of implantation due to the secretion of TDF by the fetal testes.
4. at the time of implantation due to the secretion of ODF by the fetal testes.
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Identify the incorrect statement regarding the various methods of sex determination in living organisms:

1. A male grasshopper has an odd number of chromosomes in its somatic cells.
2. A person with Klinefelter syndrome will be genotypically female.
3. In butterflies the female flies are diploid while the male flies are haploid.
4. A fruit fly with two X chromosomes and two sets of autosomes will be a fertile female.
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A woman has four daughters. The chance that her next child will be a son is:

1. 1 2. 0
3. \(1 \over 2\) 4. \(1 \over 4\)
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In a certain taxon of insects, some have 17 chromosomes and others have 18 chromosomes. The 17 and 18 chromosome-bearing organisms are:

1. males and females, respectively

2. females and males, respectively

3. all males

4. all females

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