Part H: Lecture 18 Flashcards
mechanisms for sex determination
1) Environmental
2) Single autosomal gene
3) Haplodiploid
Environmental sex determination definition
some environmental factor determines sex
Environmental sex determination example
egg temperature of sea turtles determines sex (turtles in the middle of nest are male)
sea turtles: egg temp- warm?
male turtle
sea turtles: egg temp- cool?
female turtle
sex turtle male: female ratio
1:1
single autosomal gene sex determination example
asparagus and M-gene
asparagus and M-gene (male and female)
male: M/m
female: m/m
asparagus male: female ratio
1:1
Haplodiploid sex determination example
Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants)
diploid honey bees are ____
female
haploid honey bees are ____
male
3 types of honey bees
worker female diploid (smallest)
queen female diploid (largest)
drone male haploid
honeybees that are fertile
drone (n=16)
queen (2n=32)
how queens produce egg
meiosis
how drone produce sperm
mitosis
most common honey bee
worker female
job of worker female
raise young, build hive, get food
job of queen female/drone male
reproduction
how worker females are made?
most eggs are fertilized= 2n=32 worker females
how queen females are made?
some fertilized eggs get royal jelly= 2n=32 queens
what is royal jelly
hormones produced by worker bee
how drone males are made?
some eggs are not fertilized -> n=16 drone males
virgin queens produce ___
drone males