Alfred Jost Did an Experiment in Which He Removed the Gonads

question 146

Multiple Choice

Alfred Jost did an experiment in which he removed the gonads from male and female rabbit fetuses and then observed their subsequent sexual development. All of the gonadectomized animals developed a female phenotype. This experiment demonstrated

• A) the importance of the X chromosome in female development.
• B) the importance of the Y chromosome in male development.
• C) the importance of the ovaries in female development.
• D) the importance of the testes in male development.
• E) that rabbits are not good research models.