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A poultry farm manager was cursing his hens for producting lion share of cocks in its progeny. Hearing this, Kumar – farm attender starts to blame his wife for delivering consecutive girl children. Analyze the situtations scientifically and state whether you agree with kumar.

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No, During spermatogenesis two types of gametes are produced of which 50 per cent carry the X- chromosome and the rest 50 per cent has Y- chromosome besides the autosomes. Females produce only one type of ovum with an X- chromosome.

In case the ovum fertilises with a sperm carrying X- chromosome the zygote develops into a female (XX) and with Y-chromosome results into a male offspring. Thus the genetic makeup of the sperm that determines the sex of the child.

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