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Agriculture · Q264

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 264

Q264

Non-functional hermaphrodism is found in

A.
Icerya purchase
B.
Mutant drosophila
Answer
C.
Perla marginata
D.
Both A and B

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Non-functional hermaphrodism is found in Mutant drosophila.
The hermaphrodite locus has both maternal and zygotic functions required for normal female development in Drosophila.
In mutant drosophila, hermaphrodism is found, which is an organism that has both kinds of reproductive organs and can produce both gametes associated with the male and female sexes. But it is not in functional state.