DUMET Medical DUMET Medical Solved Paper-2004

  • question_answer
    Chromosomes that determine male sex in Melandrium plant is:

    A)  Y chromosome

    B)  X chromosome

    C)  XX chromosome

    D)  None of the above

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    XX-XY type of sex determination is found in human beings, Drosophila and in plants like Cocdnia, Smilax, Cannabis, Melandrium etc- H.E. Warmke (194) worked out sex determination in Melandrium album and described that a plant is male whea Y-chromosome is present and female when Y- chromosome is absent. In Dioscorea the male contains autosomes and one X-chromosome and are designated as XO while the female contains autosome and two X-chromosomes.


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