Wednesday, 14 July 2021

CHROMOSOMAL THEORY OF SEX DETERMINATION

Sex determination is a genetic process of determining the sex of organisms .It helps to determine whether the sex of the organisms will be male or female .

Chromosome are of two types 

a- Autosomes or somatic chromosomes- these are regulates somatic characters

b- Allosomes or heterosomes or sex chromosome- these chromosomes are associated with sex determination.

The sex chromosomes first discovered by MC Clung in grasshopper ,X-chromosome was discovered by Henking in 1891and called X-body .

Willson and stevens proposed chromosomal theory of sex determination .

It is evident that the chromosomal mechanisms of sex determination varies in different organisms. 

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