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    • December 4, 2007 at 3:48 am #8720
      cvic1
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      You discover a new species of animal which bears, superficially, no known relationship to any living animal. All individuals of the species are phenotypically the same, but the species reproduces sexually. How will you be able to determine which sex is which?

      Can any help with this question. I don’t really understand it myself.

    • December 4, 2007 at 3:58 am #78907
      mith
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      Maleness or femaleness is determined by sex chromosomes.

    • December 4, 2007 at 12:59 pm #78919
      cvic1
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      Thanks, So I would have to check it’s chromosomes to determine it’s sex. What if it is neither a male or female?

    • December 4, 2007 at 5:52 pm #78930
      mith
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      Then it did not come from sexual reproduction which is stipulated in your original post.

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