Part H: Lecture 18 Flashcards
mechanisms for sex determination
1) Environmental
2) Single autosomal gene
3) Haplodiploid
Environmental sex determination definition
some environmental factor determines sex
Environmental sex determination example
egg temperature of sea turtles determines sex (turtles in the middle of nest are male)
sea turtles: egg temp- warm?
male turtle
sea turtles: egg temp- cool?
female turtle
sex turtle male: female ratio
1:1
single autosomal gene sex determination example
asparagus and M-gene
asparagus and M-gene (male and female)
male: M/m
female: m/m
asparagus male: female ratio
1:1
Haplodiploid sex determination example
Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants)
diploid honey bees are ____
female
haploid honey bees are ____
male
3 types of honey bees
worker female diploid (smallest)
queen female diploid (largest)
drone male haploid
honeybees that are fertile
drone (n=16)
queen (2n=32)
how queens produce egg
meiosis
how drone produce sperm
mitosis
most common honey bee
worker female
job of worker female
raise young, build hive, get food
job of queen female/drone male
reproduction
how worker females are made?
most eggs are fertilized= 2n=32 worker females
how queen females are made?
some fertilized eggs get royal jelly= 2n=32 queens
what is royal jelly
hormones produced by worker bee
how drone males are made?
some eggs are not fertilized -> n=16 drone males
virgin queens produce ___
drone males
ants description
drone male - has wings
female queen - has wings, largest
worker female - no wings
X and Y chromosomes sex determination organisms
drosophila + mammals + sago palms
mammals that use X and Y sex determination system
placentals, marsupials
mammals that don’t use X and Y sex determination system
monotremes
haplodiploid system male: female ratio
more female than male
X and Y sex determination male: female ratio
1:1
Z and W chromosomes sex determination organisms
birds + moths + butterflies
X/X is ____
female
X/Y is ___
male
Z/Z is ___
male
Z/W is ____
female
Z and W sex determination male: female ratio
1:1
clown fish sex determination system
environmental
clown fish sex determination system mechanism
-one female (largest) - releases hormones so no more females
-one male (next largest) - releases hormones so no more males
-many undifferentiated fish
clown fish: if female dies then ____
male becomes female (replacement)
clown fish: if male dies then ___
undifferentiated fish becomes male (replacement)