Genetics: Analysis and Principles
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781259616020
Author: Robert J. Brooker Professor Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3.6, Problem 4COMQ
An abnormal fruit fly has two sets of autosomes and is XXY. Such a fly is
a. a male.
b. a female.
c. a hermaphrodite.
d. none of the above.
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