Match each item in Column I with one in Column II and select your answer from the codes given:
Column I | Column II | ||
Scientist | Contribution | ||
A. | Francis Crick | a. | Breaking the genetic code |
B. | Nirenberg | b. | Established Coenorhabditiselegans as a model genetics study organism |
C. | Benzer | c. | Central dogma of molecular biology |
D. | Brenner | d. | Bacteriophage genetics |
Codes:
A. | B. | C. | D. | |
1. | c | a | d | b |
2. | c | a | b | d |
3. | a | b | c | d |
4. | a | c | d | b |
The inheritance of flower colour in dog flower and 4’O clock plant exhibits:
1. | Complete dominance | 2. | Incomplete dominance |
3. | Co-dominance | 4. | Lethality |
Morgan coined the term ______ to describe this physical association of genes on a chromosome and the term _________ to describe the generation of non-parental gene combinations.
1. | Recombination; Linkage | 2. | Linkage, Mutation |
3. | Transposition, Mutation | 4. | Linkage, Recombination |
Occasionally, a single gene product may produce more than one effect. Such a gene is said to be:
1. | Pleiotropic | 2. | Polygenic |
3. | Psuedoallele | 4. | Housekeeping |
Suppose a gene has seven alleles. What would be the number of alleles in an individual at any instant?
1. | 1 | 2. | 7 |
3. | 2 | 4. | 3 |
A couple has a daughter. What is the probability that their next child will be a daughter?
1. | 0 % | 2. | 25 % |
3. | 50 % | 4. | 100 % |
The mechanism of sex determination in grasshoppers is:
1. | XX – XY; male heterogamety |
2. | XX – XY; female heterogamety |
3. | XX – XO; male heterogamety |
4. | XX – XO; female heterogamety |
Which of the following father and son duos received Nobel Prize?
1. | Nirenbergs | 2. | Kornbergs |
3. | Darwins | 4. | Lederbergs |
A plant, on repeated self-pollination, preserves the trait expressed for many generations. Such a plant is said to be:
1. | Panmictic | 2. | Homologous |
3. | Apomictic | 4. | Pure line |
What is the F2 phenotypic ratio in cases of incomplete dominance?
1. | 1 : 1 | 2. | 3 : 1 |
3. | 1 : 2 : 1 | 4. | 1 : 1 |