1.5 - Sex Determination
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Practice Questions
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What chromosome combination indicates a male in humans?
💡 Hint: Think of the letters that correspond to male in the XY system.
In which gender do ZW chromosomes appear?
💡 Hint: Remember that ZW is the female designation in birds.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the chromosome configuration for a female in species that use XX/XY sex determination?
💡 Hint: Recall what chromosomal pair determines female gender.
True or False: In honey bees, the sex of the offspring depends on whether the egg is fertilized or not.
💡 Hint: Think about how fertilization affects development.
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Challenge Problems
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Explain how environmental factors might influence sex determination ratios in haplodiploid systems compared to XX/XY systems.
💡 Hint: Think about how climate or food availability can impact populations.
Develop a hypothesis on how the sex determination system affects social structure in honey bee colonies compared to human societies.
💡 Hint: Consider how roles might differ in a bee colony versus a human society.
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