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CBSE Class 10 Science 2022 Delhi Term II Set 1

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Question : 10 of 15
Marks: +1, -0
(a) Name the two types of gametes produced by men.
(b) Does a male child inherit XX chromosome from his father? Justify.
(c) How many types of gametes are produced by a human female?
Solution:  
(a) XX and YY are the two types of gametes produced by men.
(b) No, XX chromosome is inherited from the mother because to be a male, the child must posses a YY chromosome which can only be provided by the heterozygous (XY)(X Y) father and not the homozygous (XX)(X X) mother.
(c) Only one type, i.e., XX chromosome carrying egg cell.
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