Select the correct statement/s with respect to mechanism of sex determination in Grasshopper.
A: It is an example of female heterogamety
B: Male produces two different types of gametes either with or without X chromosomes.
C: Total number of chromosomes (autosomes and sex chromosomes) is same in both males and females.
D: All eggs bear an additional X chromosome besides the autosomes.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. (B) and (D) only 2. (A), (C) and (D) only
3. (A) only 4. (A) and (C) only
Subtopic:  Sex Determination |
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XO type of sex determination can be found in:
1. Monkeys
2. Drosophila
3. Birds
4. Grasshoppers
Subtopic:  Sex Determination |
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NEET - 2022
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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.
Subtopic:  Sex Determination |
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NEET - 2019
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Match the items of Column - I with Column - II :

Column-I

Column-II
(a) XX-XO method of sex determination (i) Turner's syndrome
(b) XX-XY method of sex Determination (ii) Female heterogametic
(c) Karyotype-45 (iii) Grasshopper
(d) ZW-ZZ method of Sex Determination (iv) Female homogametic


Select the correct option from the following:

(a) (b) (c) (d)
1. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
2. (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
3. (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
4. (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
Subtopic:  Sex Determination | Sex Aneuploidy - Turner & Klinefelter Syndrome |
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NEET - 2019
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Which one of the following conditions of the zygotic cell would lead to the birth of a normal human female child?

1. one X and one Y chromosome
2. two X chromosomes
3. only one Y chromosome
4. only one X chromosome

Subtopic:  Sex Determination |
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AIPMT - 2011
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