Sex determination in plants:
- Most angiosperms are hermaphrodite, flowers contain both male and female organs.
- However, in some species male and female flowers are borne on separate plants (dioecious).
- One plant genus in which the chromosomal basis of se determination has been worked out is Melandrium (Campion).
- Here the ratio of X Y chromosomes is the important factor in determining whether plants produce male or female flowers.
- This implies that genes on both of the sex chromosomes interact to produce the sex phenotype.
- Studies of plants that had radiation-induced deletions in X or Y chromosomes showed that the Y chromosome contains regions that repress female development and induce male development, whereas the X chromosome has regions that stimulate development of female flowers.
Sex Determination:
The sex-determination system is a biological system which determines the development of sexual characteristics in an organism