Given below are two statements.
Statement I : The genetic makeup of the human sperm determines the sex of child.
Statement II : The sperm produced by men has either X or Y chromosome.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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Both statement I and statement II are correct.

Both statement I and statement II are incorrect.

Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect.

Statement I is incorrect but statement II is correct.

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

The genetic makeup of the human sperm determines the sex of the child, which is true.

The sperm produced by men carry either an X chromosome (resulting in a female child when fertilized with an egg carrying an X chromosome) or a Y chromosome (resulting in a male child when fertilized with an egg carrying an X chromosome). The genetic contribution from the sperm determines the sex of the child because sperm carries either an X or a Y chromosome, which combines with the X chromosome from the egg during fertilization to determine the genetic sex of the offspring.

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