Which Statement About Haplodiploidy Is False

question 103

Multiple Choice

Which statement about haplodiploidy is false?

• A) Haplodiploidy is a mechanism of sex determination in which diploid individuals are male and haploid individuals are female.
• B) When a honey bee queen mates with one male, her resulting daughters share, on average, 75 percent of their alleles.
• C) In a honey bee hive in which the queen mates with only one male, her daughters can potentially increase their inclusive fitness more by caring for their sisters than by reproducing independently.
• D) If a worker honey bee reproduced independently, she would share 50 percent of her alleles with her daughters.
• E) Haplodiploidy is not necessary for the evolution of eusociality.

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