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Who discovered 'Y' chromosomes?

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McCarthy
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McClung
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Gregor Mendel
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Nettie Stevens
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The correct option is C Nettie Stevens
Nettie Maria Stevens was geneticist. She and Edmund Beecher Wilson were the first researchers to describe the chromosomal basis of sex. She discovered Y chromosomes.

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