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Assertion:Claspers are a distinguishing feature of males in Class Chondricthyes.
Reason: Claspers help in copulation.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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In Chondricthyes, male can be distinguished from the female, as the former has a pair of hard elongated claspers attached to the pelvic fins. The claspers help in the copulation.
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