CBSE 2025 · Region 6 · Set 3 · Q24 · 3 marks
Answer the following questions with respect to the sex determining mechanism observed in honey bee.(a)What is the type of cell division involved in the formation of gametes in a female bee and a male bee respectively ?(b)Name the type of sex determination system observed in honey bee.(c)What is the sex of honey bee formed from the unfertilised eggs ? Write the number of chromosomes present in it.
Answer the following questions with respect to the sex determining mechanism observed in honey bee.
(a)
What is the type of cell division involved in the formation of gametes in a female bee and a male bee respectively ?
(b)
Name the type of sex determination system observed in honey bee.
(c)
What is the sex of honey bee formed from the unfertilised eggs ? Write the number of chromosomes present in it.
Marking-scheme solution
(a)
Female bee- Meiosis
Male Bee- Mitosis
(b)
Haplo diploid Sex determination system
(c)
Male , $\displaystyle 16$
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