NEET Biology question

Assertion: Mother should be blamed for the birth of the girls in the family. Reason: Father is responsible for the sex of the child, since he alone contributes either an X-bearing or a Y-bearing sperm.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for Assertion
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for Assertion
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is TrueCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Since the mother is homogametic (XX) and the father is heterogametic (XY), it is the father's contributed gamete (X or Y) that determines the sex of the child, so blaming the

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