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How does sex determination happen in human?

Important Questions on Heredity and Evolution

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In the diagram what is the sex of (A) and (B).

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How is sex determined in the human beings?
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How many pairs of sex chromosomes are contained by the human beings? Explain how is sex determined in a human child.
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Ramesh has two daughters and his wife is pregnant again. He desires to have a son. So he forces his wife Maya to go for Sonography for sex determination of the child.

Who is responsible if the child born is a girl or a boy? Father's or Mother's sex chromosome. 

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What is the law of dominance of traits? Explain with an example.
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Write the differences between the sex chromosomes of men and sex chromosomes of women.
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Describe the process of sex determination in humans.
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Explain sex determination in humans with line diagram.
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Assess how many types of gametes are produced from the Pea plant having the genotype RRYY
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Ramesh has two daughters and his wife is pregnant again. He desires to have a son. So he forces his wife Maya to go for Sonography for sex determination of the child.

In the case of Ramesh's daughters which set of chromosomes is not present in them?

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‘‘The sex of a newborn child is a matter of chance and none of the parents may be considered responsible for it.’’ Justify this statement with the help of a flow chart showing sex-determination in human beings.
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Ramesh has two daughters and his wife is pregnant again. He desires to have a son. So he forces his wife Maya to go for Sonography for sex determination of the child.

Is the sex determination test illegal? Why?

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The sex of a child is determined by the father. How?
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Possibilities of birth of the male and female are the same. Give scientific reason. 
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How is the sex of the child determined in human beings?

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Woman (44 + XX)
Man (44 + XY)
What does the number '44' indicate in this illustration ?
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Match the following?

List I List II List III
a) Duchenne muscular dystrophy DMD i) Y- linked p) Impair blood clotting
b) Hypertrichosis ii) Sex limited q) Expression is limited to only one sex
c)  Haemophilia iii) X - linked recessive r) Progressive weakening of muscles
d) Baldness iv) Holandric s) Excessive growth of hair on the pinna

 

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Why are the traits acquired during the lifetime of an individual not inherited? Explain?
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A Mendelian experiment consisted of breeding pea plants bearing violet flowers with pea plants bearing white flowers. What will be the result in F1 progeny?