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4.Principles of Inheritance and Variation
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Drosophila flies with one half of the body male and other half female is referred to as
A
Gynandromorph
B
Hermaphrodite
C
Super female
D
Intersex
(AIPMT-1994)
Solution
(a)In Drosophila, occasionally flies are obtained in which a part of the body exhibits female characters end the other part exhibits male as gynandromorphs. These are formed due to misdivision of chromosomes and start as female with $2A + 2X$ chromosomes.
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