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In this chapter, we have focused on sex differentiation, sex chromosomes, and genetic mechanisms involved in sex determination. At the same time, we found many opportunities to consider the methods and reasoning by which much of this information was acquired. From the explanations given in the chapter, you should answer the following fundamental questions:
(a) How do we know that in humans the X chromosomes play no role in sex determination, while the Y chromosome causes maleness and its absence causes femaleness?
(b) How did we originally (in the late 1940s) analyze the sex ratio at conception in humans, and how has our approach to studying this issue changed in 2015?
(c) How do we know that X chromosomal inactivation of either the paternal or maternal homolog is a random event during early development in mammalian females?
(d) How do we know that Drosophila utilizes a different sex-determination mechanism than mammals, even though it has the same sex-chromosome compositions in males and females?
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- why must sexually reproducing organisms use both processes of mitosis and meiosis, while asexually reproducing organisms only use mitosis?arrow_forward. A mature female wolf, with 78 diploid chromosomes in each somatic cell, produces haploid oocytes (egg cells) containing how many chromosomes per cell? 1 sex-determining chromosome (Y) and 38 autosomes 2 sex-determining chromosomes (XX) and 76 autosomes 1 sex-determining chromosome (X) and 39 autosomes 2 sex-determining chromosomes (XY) and 76 autosomes 1 sex-determining chromosome (X) and 38 autosomesarrow_forwardIn the process of Oogenesis in animal cells, will the genotype of the second polar body (derived from meiosis II) always be identical to that of the ootid? Why or why not?arrow_forward
- What is the purpose of meiosis? In other words, why create haploid cells?arrow_forwardWhy does a single X chromosome cause infertility and other abnormalities in Turner Syndrome subjects?arrow_forward. With regards to the grasshopper testes experiment, diakinesis is an ideal stage to determine chromosome number due to the degree of condensation of the chromosomes? Count the chromosomes at this stage. Does it represent a diploid or a haploid number?arrow_forward
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