Lewis Has Wanted a Son for as Long as He

question 9

Multiple Choice

Lewis has wanted a son for as long as he can remember.He has put a great deal of pressure on his pregnant wife.She constantly reminds him that that the sex of the child was determined at conception by the

• A)genotype of the autosomes of the ovum.
• B)genotype of the sex chromosomes of the ovum.
• C)genotype of the sperm that fertilized the ovum.
• D)phenotype of the sperm that fertilized the ovum.

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