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NEET BIOLOGYPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationMedium

Question

Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): In honey bee population, sons do not have fathers but have grandfathers. Reason (R): Haploidy in drones of honey bee is due to parthenogenesis while fertilisation results into female bees.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A

Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

B

Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C

(A) is True but (R) is False.

D

(A) is False but (R) is True.

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