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Q. Sex determination ratio in an organism is given by $\frac{X}{A}=1.5$ then organism will be

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According to the Genic balance theory of sex determination given by Bridges, ratio between the number of $X$-chromosomes and number of complete sets of autosomes will determine the sex. According to this theory, if the $X / A$ ratio is $1.5$ then organism will be superfemale.