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A woman has only daughters, analyse the situation genetically and provide a suitable explanation.

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The woman produces ova with .X. chromosome. The man produces sperms with .X. and .Y. chromosome which actually determines the sex of the baby. In this case, everytime the male X chromosome only fuses with the female X chromosome thus producing XX combination.
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