CMC Medical CMC-Medical VELLORE Solved Paper-2015

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    In Drosophild the XXY condition leads to femaleness whereas in human beings the same condition leads to Klinefelters syndrome in male. It proves

    A)  in human being Y-chromosome is active in see determination

    B)  Y-chromosome is active in sex determination in both human being and Drosophila

    C)  In Drosophila Y-chromosome decides female ness

    D)  Y-chromosome of man have genes for syndrome

    E)  None of the above

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    In Drosophila, XXY leads to femaleness. Here, Y has no contributions in femaleness. Sex in Drosophila is determined by the ratio of sex chromosome (X) and autosomes . In human being. XXY condition leads to genetically male with underdeveloped testes, azoospermla, etc. It is caused by the union of a non-disjunction XX egg and a normal X egg and abnormal XY sperm. This indicates that in human being Y-chromosome is active in sex determination.


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