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i) Write the difference between homologous organs and analogous organs. ii) Write the difference between the sex chomosomes of man and sex chromosomes of woman. iii) Sex of a child is determined by the father how ?

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Solution :Difference between homologous analogous.
Homologous ORGANS
*Organs of DIFFERENT organisms have common origin.
*They have similar structure and PERFORM different function.
* Ex. Forelimbs of frog and forelimbs of bird,
Analogous organs
* Organs of different organisms have different origin they have different structure and perform similar function.
* Wings of bird and wings of bat.
ii) Woman have a perfect pair of SEX chromosomes both called X. Man has a normal sized chromosome X and another shortsized chromosome Y.
iii) A child who inherits X chromosome from her father will be a girl and child who inherits Y chromosome from his father will be a boy both the girl and the boy inherit only X chromosomes from the MOTHER therefore sex of a child is determined by the father.


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