Q. According to genie balance theory which was given by CB Bridges the sex of Drosophila is determined by

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Solution:

According to genie balance theory given by CB Bridges, the sex is determined by the ratio between the number of chromosomes and number of complete set of autosomes. The chromosome carry female tendency and autosomes carry male tendency and chromosome do not contain any sex determining factor. Thus, ratio of chromosome to autosomes determine the sex.