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Q.

Identify the correct statement with respect to sex determination in honey bees.

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a

All the fertilised eggs develop into males

b

Males exhibit meiosis to produce gametes.

c

Males do not have father but have grandfather.

d

Females exhibit mitosis to produce gametes.

answer is C.

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In honey bees, there is haplodiploid sex-determination system. Males produce sperms by mitosis whereas females produce gametes by meiosis. Fertilised egg develop into female whereas unfertilised egg develop into male by means of parthenogenesis. So males do not have father and thus cannot have sons, but have a grandfather and grandsons.

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