NEETBiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationMCQ+4 / −1
Select the incorrect statement.
- AIn domesticated fowls, sex of progeny depends on the type of sperm rather than egg.
- BHuman males have one of their sex-chromosome much shorter than the other.
- CMale fruit fly is heterogametic
- DIn male grasshoppers, 50% of sperms have no sex-chromosome.
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Correct answer: A
The type of sex determination in birds is called female heterogamety and male homogamety. Thus, the sex of the progeny depends on the type of egg rather than the type of sperm. The female birds have two different sex chromosomes designated as Z and W while male birds have two similar sex chromosomes and called ZZ.
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