The features which help to distinguish the male from the female are called:

Sex chromosomes

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Primary sexual characters

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Secondary sexual characters

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All of the above

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Solution

The correct option is C Secondary sexual characters
Secondary sexual characters are the features that are seen during puberty in humans and sexual maturity in other animals, As puberty progresses, and sex hormone levels rise, differences appear, though puberty causes some similar changes in male and female bodies and these differences lead to secondary sexual characteristics.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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Complete the following chart.

	Asexual reproduction		Sexual reproduction
1.	Reproduction that occurs with the help of somatic cells is called asexual reproduction.	1.	----------------------
2.	-------------------------------------------------------	2.	Male and female parent are necessary for sexual reproduction.
3.	This reproduction occurs with the help of mitosis only.	3.	----------------------------------
4.	----------------------------------------------	4.	New individual formed by this method is genetically different from parents.
5.	Asexual reproduction occurs in different individuals by various methods like binary 5 fission, multiple fission, budding, fragmentation, regeneration, vegetative propagation, spore production, etc.	5.	--------------------------------------

In asexual reproduction, two offsprings having the same genetic material and the same body features are called :

(a) callus

(b) twins

(d) clones

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