ID: Class: 12 Subject: Biology Topic: Principles of Inheritance and Variation Type: Short (SA) Year: 2025

Question:

Answer the following questions with respect to the sex determining mechanism observed in honey bee.
  • (a) Name the type of sex determination system observed in honey bee.
  • (b) Fill in the blanks (i), (ii) and (iii) in the given question.
    [Table is implied with columns: Parent, Male, Type of cell division during gamete formation, Number of chromosomes in gametes, Number of chromosomes in diploid cell of progeny]
  • (c) What will be the sex and chromosome number of the progeny formed from the unfertilised eggs of honey bee ?