Question 14.
Gender of a child is determined by the male partner of the couple. Explain with reasons whether this statement is true or false.
Answer:
The man is responsible, whether the couple will have a boy or a girl child. During zygote formation, man contributes either X or Y chromosome to the next generation but females transfer only X-sex chromosome to the next generation. At the time of fertilization, if X-chromosomes comes from the male, the child will be a girl and if Y-chromosome comes then the child will be a boy.
