Sexual reproduction is achieved when

Answer choices

1. A

   Reversed Logic8% picked this

   All female organisms contribute GM62 to

   We know that if we see GM62 ? must have come from female But this answer is saying female ? must provide GM62

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2. B

   Correct87% picked this

   Only female organisms can contribute GM62 to

   Why this is right

   This looks like what we were looking for: GM62 comes from the female parent. Since "only" indicates a necessary (right side) condition, this would conditionally look like this: GM62 in offspring ? female contributed it

   Skill tested: Must be True · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

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3. C

   Unsupported: equally divided3% picked this

   Genetic material is evenly divided between the nucleus and the cytoplasm of

   Within the nucleus, genetic material is evenly divided between from the male and from the female. But we have no support for the idea that within the overall cell, there's an equal amount of genetic material in the nucleus as there is in the cytoplasm.

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4. D

   Unsupported Comparison: less important1% picked this

   The role of the male gamete in sexual reproduction is less important than the role

   It sounds like the two gametes are equally important in the sense that we are told "sexual repro is achieved when male gamete unites with female gamete. Each of the two gametes contributes equally." We would only be arguing that the female gamete is more important because we know that the cytoplasm outside the nucleus comes from the female gamete. But do we have any reason to think that the cytoplasm is important to sexual reproduction? It's not quite a Must Be True notion to say, "because you supplied more raw material to the overall finished product (the new cell), your role was more important." Kevin Bacon and Demi Moore each contributed more raw material to the film "A Few Good Men", but Jack Nicholson's 10 mins onscreen (which gave us the iconic 'You can't handle the truth!') would still be considered at least as important to the film's success.

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5. E

   Too Strong: likely1% picked this

   It is likely that other types of genetic material that are contributed exclusively by the male

   We can't prove this speculative prediction that in the future we will balance out female's GM62 advantage with some exclusively male genetic material.

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