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Sex Determination and Sex Chromosomes
Self-grading Problems

1 .       In a sexually reproducing, diploid species, gametes must be [Hint]



2 .       Some organisms utilize both sexual and asexual reproduction [Hint]



3 .       The sporophyte stage in plants [Hint]



4 .       All of the following statements about the roundworm, C. elegans, discussed in Section 7.1, is one of the are true except: [Hint]



5 .       The diploid chromosome number of an individual with both Klinefelter syndrome and Down syndrome (three copies of chromosome #21) is [Hint]



6 .       An individual with XXY sex chromosomes is considered [Hint]



7 .       Which of the following statements about XYY males is true? [Hint]



8 .       How does the Y chromosome determine maleness in humans? [Hint]



9 .       In humans, one explanation for why the primary sex ratio may differ from the secondary sex ratio is that [Hint]



10 .       A Barr body [Hint]



11 .       Double fertilization [Hint]



12 .       All of the following are mechanisms by which sex can be determined except [Hint]



13 .       The Lyon hypothesis [Hint]



14 .       Dosage compensation [Hint]



15 .       In humans, the Y chromosome [Hint]



16 .       In Drosophila, sex is determined by [Hint]



17 .       The effect of Barr body formation in mammals is that [Hint]



18 .       An abnormal human of the karyotype 49, XXXYY will form how many Barr bodies? [Hint]



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