Gujarati
4.Principles of Inheritance and Variation
normal

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.

Standard 12
Biology

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