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Agriculture · Q133

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 133

Q133

The method of sex determination in birds is

A.
XO
B.
XY
C.
ZX
Answer
D.
XA

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
The method of sex determination in birds is ZX.
The sex chromosomes in birds are designated Z and W, and the male is the homomorphic sex (ZZ) and the female is heteromorphic (ZW). In most avian species the Z chromosome is large, usually the fourth or fifth largest, and it contains almost all the known sex-linked genes.