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In which of the following, males have half the number of chromosomes that females possess?

(a) Moth

(b) Chicken

(c) Honeybee

(d) Pigeon

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Answer is : (c) Honeybee

In honeybees, an offspring formed from the union of a sperm and an egg develops as a female and an unfertilised egg develops as a male (drone) by means of parthenogenesis. Thus, males have half the number of chromosomes than that of a female.

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