2007-01-30 17:16:51 · 3 answers · asked by mitu 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
A female Nasonia is diploid, being from a fertilized egg, so she can be heterozygous.
A male Nasonia is haploid, being from an unfertilized egg, so he cannot be heterozygous. -- only has one allele for each gene.
2007-01-30 17:20:52 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A female has two X chromosomes, so she can be big A, little a...heterozygous
A male only has one X chromosome, so he can EITHER be big A, OR little a...never both...this is actually called hemizygous.
2007-02-03 13:45:30 · answer #2 · answered by Mandy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the structure and make-up of the sex chromosome is specific for sex and the traits of the sex. specific genes do specific functions and those funtions are often sex specific.
2007-01-30 17:26:24 · answer #3 · answered by de bossy one 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋