01:447:380 Lecture 13: Sex Determination and Sex Linked Traits and Disorders
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Sex determination and sex linked traits and disorder. Monoecious = one house, aka hermaphroditic one organism possesses both sex"s org. Dioecious = two houses, each organism possesses one sex"s organs. Autosomes = numbered chromosomes; sex chromosomes = x and y in many organisms, z. Heterogametic = produce two different types of gametes (i. e. x-bearing vs y-bearing sper. Homogametic = all gametes have the same chromosome content (females) Most dioecious organisms use a chromosomal mechanism for sex. Females have two xs, males have one x there is no o chromosome. Males are heterogametic x-bearing sperm versus sperm with no sex chromosome the punnett square); both has set of autosomes. Bees do not have sex chromosomes--female bees are diploid; males are haploid. The queen stores the male"s sperm in a separate compartment, and fertilizes only s and other factors influence the percent of eggs fertilized.