Find the Gender on the Basis of Genic Balance Theory?
Find the gender of the following combinations based on Genic Balance Theory:
1. 3A+XXX
2. 3A+XXY
3. 2A+XX
4. 2A+XY
5. 3A+XX
6. 3A+XY
7. 2A+XXX
8. 2A+X...
What Is Genic Balance Theory?
C.B. Bridges in 1922 proposed the Genic Balance Theory for sex determination while working on his experimental model, Drosophila.
Like mammals, XX sex chromosome determines female character and XY as males in Drosophila. However, unlike humans, Y chromosome is not responsible for maleness in Drosophila, as Y chromosome is heterochromatic in nature and thus not active in sex determination.
According...