Q.Parthenogenesis occurs in
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Honeybees show haplodiploidy, a sex-determination mechanism relying not on a distinct sex-chromosome pair (unlike humans' XX-XY or birds' ZW systems) but on an individual's overall ploidy level. A fertilised egg is diploid (2n) and always develops into a female — a queen or a sterile worker, depending purely on larval diet (royal jelly), not on any further genetic difference. An unfertilised egg develops by parthenogenesis, remains haploid (n), and always develops into a male drone. Because drones are haploid, they have no homologous chromosome partners and so produce sperm by mitosis rather than meiosis, meaning every sperm cell one …
Parthenogenesis is the development of a new individual from an unfertilised egg, and in honeybees the haploid male drones arise in just this way. Frogs and lizards, by contrast, reproduce by normal fertilisation. …
Honeybee — its male drones arise from unfertilised eggs, i.e. by parthenogenesis.
Concept. Parthenogenesis is the development of a new individual from an unfertilised egg (without fertilisation).
Why honeybee. In the honeybee, the queen lays two kinds of eggs. Fertilised (diploid) eggs develop into females (queen/workers), while unfertilised (haploid) eggs develop into male drones by parthenogenesis. This is also the basis of the haplo-di …
- CBSE 2026Set A1 markMCQQ.In which of the following animals does sex determination depend on number of chromosome sets?(a) Birds(b) Honeybees(c) Grasshoppers(d) Mammals
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In honeybees, males are haploid (develop from unfertilised eggs) and females are diploid — sex depends on chromosome-set number.
Honeybees show a haplo-diploid sex-determination system. A fertilised (diploid) egg develops into a female (queen or worker), while an unfertilised (haploid) egg develops parthenogenetically into a male (drone). Thus the sex depends on the number of chromos …
- CBSE 2024Set A11 markQ.Haploid-diploid sex determination system is seen in ____________.
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The haplo-diploid sex-determination system is seen in honey bees (order Hymenoptera).
In honey bees, sex is determined by the number of chromosome sets. Females (queen and workers) are diploid, developing from fertilised eggs, while males (drones) are haploid, developing parthenogenetically from …
- CBSE 2024Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.Haplodiploid sex determination system is found in :(a) Birds(b) Honey bees(c) Men(d) Snails
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The haplodiploid sex-determination system occurs in honey bees.
In honey bees, sex is determined by the number of chromosome sets rather than sex chromosomes: fertilized diploid eggs develop into females (queens/workers) while unfertilized haploid egg …
- CBSE 2023Set ZOOLOGY1 markQ.The unfertilized egg of honeybee develops into ____.
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In honeybees, sex is determined by haplo-diploidy: an unfertilised egg develops parthenogenetically into a haploid male (drone), while a fertilised (diploid) egg develops into a female (queen or worker).
Honeybees show a special chromosomal mechanism of sex determination called haplo-diploidy, distinct from the XX-XY system seen in humans:
- The queen bee mates once and stores sperm in her spermatheca.
- Fertilised eggs (diploid, 2n, receiving one set of chromosomes from the queen and one from a drone) develop into females - either a fertile queen or a sterile worker, depending on the type of food (royal jelly vs regular food) given to the larva. …
- CBSE 2023Set ANNUAL1 markQ.Male honey bee are ________ (Ploidy) having ________ chromosomes. (Fill in the blanks)
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Honeybees show haplodiploidy sex determination: unfertilised eggs develop into haploid males, while fertilised eggs develop into diploid females.
In honeybees, the queen mates only once and stores sperm. Eggs that are fertilised (containing both maternal and paternal chromosome sets) develop into diploid females (queens or workers) with 32 chromosomes. Unfertilised eggs develop parthenogenetically into haploid males (drones) with only 16 chromosomes - the mat …
- CBSE 2023Set ANNUAL1 markQ.Male honeybees have 16 chromosomes instead of having normal 32 chromosomes. Give reason.
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Honeybees show haplodiploid sex determination: unfertilised eggs give haploid males, fertilised eggs give diploid females.
In honeybees (and many other Hymenoptera), sex is not determined by a pair of sex chromosomes as in humans, but by the number of chromosome sets an individual receives — a mechanism called haplodiploidy. A fertilised egg (formed by fusion of a haploid egg and a haploid sperm) develops, by meiosis-derived diploidy, into a female (queen or worker) with the normal diploid chromosome number, 2n = 32 in honeybees. An unfertilised egg, however, develops by parthenogenesis (without fertilisation) directly from the haploid egg cell into a male (drone), which therefore has only a haploid chromosome number, n = 16 — exactly half that of …
- CBSE 2022Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.Male honeybee is(a) haploid(b) diploid(c) triploid(d) tetraploid
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Honeybees show haplodiploidy sex determination: males are haploid (from unfertilised eggs), females are diploid (from fertilised eggs).
In honeybees, sex determination follows the haplodiploid system rather than a chromosomal (XY/ZW) system:
- Fertilised eggs (2n, receiving one set of chromosomes from each parent) develop into diploid females (queens or worker bees). …
- CBSE 2020Set WK1 markMCQQ.Parthenogenesis occurs in(a) Honeybee(b) Frog(c) Lizard(d) none of these
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Honeybee — its male drones arise from unfertilised eggs, i.e. by parthenogenesis.
Concept. Parthenogenesis is the development of a new individual from an unfertilised egg (without fertilisation).
Why honeybee. In the honeybee, the queen lays two kinds of eggs. Fertilised (diploid) eggs develop into females (queen/workers), while unfertilised (haploid) eggs develop into male drones by parthenogenesis. This is also the basis of the haplo-di …
- CBSE 2019Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.In Honeybee sex-determination and development is through(a) Parthenogenesis(b) Gametogenesis(c) Spermatogenesis(d) Oogenesis
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Honeybee sex is determined by haplodiploidy: males develop from unfertilized eggs by parthenogenesis.
In the honeybee (Apis), sex determination does not follow the XX/XY system used by humans. Instead:
- Fertilized eggs (diploid, 2n = 32 chromosomes, having received a set from both the queen and a drone) develop into females (queens or worker bees).
- Unfertilized eggs (haploid, n = 16 chromosomes, from the queen alone) develop into males (drones) without ever being fertilized — a process called parthenogenesis. …
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