Q. Sex determination in an organism is given by $\frac{X}{A} = 1.5,$ then organism will be
A) Male
B) Female
C) Super female
D) Intersex
Explanation
According to the genic balance theory of sex determination given by Bridges, ratio between the number of X-chromosomes and number of complete sets of autosomes will determine the sex. According to this theory, if the X/A ratio is 1.5, then organism will be super female.
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