Which one of the following conditions correctly describes the manner of determining the sex?

Homozygous sex chromosomes (ZZ) determine female sex in birds.

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XO type of sex chromosomes determine male sex in grasshopper

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XXY condition in humans as found in turners syndrome, determines female sex

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Homozygous sex chromosomes (XX) produce male in Drosophila

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Solution

The correct option is B XO type of sex chromosomes determine male sex in grasshopper
XX-XO type of sex determination is seen in grass hopper where males are XO and females are XX.

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	List I		List II
A	In human beings and a number of other animals, there are two types of chromosomes, ______, and allosomes.	1	44+XY
B	_______ are those chromosomes which control functions of the body, other than sex determination. Allosomes or sex chromosomes are the chromosomes that determine the sex of the individual in unisex organisms.	2	Autosomes
C	Human beings have _____ pairs of chromosomes.	3	23
D	_____ determine the sex of the individual.	4	Sex chromosomes
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F	The chromosome complement of human females is ______	6	44+XX
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