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Agriculture · Q322

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 322

Q322

The accessory chromosome explanation was proposed by

A.
Rucket
B.
Mc clung
Answer
C.
Altman
D.
Bateson

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
The accessory chromosome explanation was proposed by Mc clung.
Clarence Erwin McClung was an eminent American zoologist and prairie pioneer cytologist who discovered the role of chromosomes in sex-determination.
In 1901 McClung hypothesized that sex determination in grasshoppers is dependent upon the number of X chromosomes within a cell. Maleness in grasshoppers is determined by the absence of a second X chromosome (XO), while femaleness is induced by the presence of two X chromosomes (XX). This theory helped to prove that chromosomes carry genetic information that determines phenotype.