Which Statement Describes a Difference Between Human Male and Female

question 51

Multiple Choice

Which statement describes a difference between human male and female somatic cells?

• A) Male somatic cells contain only paternal chromosomes; female somatic cells contain only maternal chromosomes.
• B) Male somatic cells contain 46 chromosomes; female somatic cells contain 44 chromosomes.
• C) Male somatic cells contain 44 chromosomes; female somatic cells contain 46 chromosomes.
• D) Male somatic cells contain two X chromosomes; female somatic cells contain an X chromosome and a Y chromosome.
• E) Male somatic cells contain 22 pairs of homologous chromosomes; female somatic cells contain 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes.

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Definitions:

Assumption

A premise or statement taken to be true without evidence for the sake of argument or investigation.

UI

Universal Instantiation, a logical rule of inference stating if something is true for everything in a category, it is true for any specific instance of that category.

Quantifier-Negation Rule

A principle in formal logic that deals with the relationship between quantifiers and the negation of statements.

Quantifier

A symbol or word in logic that specifies the quantity of specimens in the domain of discourse that satisfy an open formula.