How many different types of gametes can be formed by F1 progeny, resulting from the following cross:

AA BB CC X aa bb cc

(1) 3

(2) 8

(3) 27

(4) 64

Subtopic:  Dihybrid Cross: Details |
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Given below is a pedigree chart showing the inheritance of a certain sex-liniked trait in humans. 

The Trait traced in the above pedigree chart is 

(1) dominant X-linked 

(2) recessive X-linked

(3) dominant Y-linked

(4) recessive Y-linked

Subtopic:  Pedigree Analysis: Problem Solving |
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The "cri-du-chat" syndrome is caused by change in chromosome structure invloving

(1) deletion

(2) duplication

(3) inversion

(4) translocation

Subtopic:  Recombination Gene Mapping |
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Grain colour in wheat is determined by three pairs of polygenes. Following the cross AABBCC (dark colour) X aabbcc (light colour), in F2 generation what proportion of the progeny is likely to resemble either parent?

(1) None

(2) Less than 5 percent

(3) One third

(4) Half

Subtopic:  Dihybrid Cross: Details |
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Primary source of allelic variation is 

(1) independent assorment

(2) recombination

(3) mutation

(4) polyploidy

Subtopic:  Recombination Gene Mapping |
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Which one of the following pairs of features is a good example of polygenic inheritance?

(1) Human height and skin colour

(2) ABO blood group in humans and flower colour of Mirabilis jalapa

(3) Hair pigment of mouse and tongue rolling in humans

(4) Human eye colour and sickle cell anaemia

Subtopic:  Polygenic Inheritance & Pleiotropy |
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Mating of an organism to a double recessive in order to determine whether it is homozygous or heterozygous for a character under consideration is called

(1) reciprocal cross

(2) test cross

(3) dihybrid cross

(4) back cross

Subtopic:  Monohybrid Cross: Further Understanding |
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Given below is a highly simplified representation of the human sex chromosomes from a karyotype.

The gene a and b could be of

(1) colour blindness and body height

(2) attached ear lobe and Rhesus blood group

(3) haemophilia and red-green colour blindness

(4) phenylketonuria and haemophilia

Subtopic:  Mendelian Disorders: Hemophilia |
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In which one of the following combinations (a-d) of the number of chromosomes is the present day hexaploid wheat correctly represented?

Combination  

Monosomic  

Haploid  

Nullisomic  

Trisomic

     (1)

     21

   28

     42

   43

     (2)

     7

   28

     40

   42

     (3)

     21

   7

     42

   43

     (4)  

     41

   21

     40

   43

 

Subtopic:  Non - Disjunction & Aneuploidy |
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XO-chromosomal abnormality in human beings causes

(1) Turner's syndrome

(2) Down's syndrome

(3) Kilnefelter's syndrome

(4) none of these.

Subtopic:  Sex Aneuploidy - Turner & Klinefelter Syndrome |
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