In 1900, Mendel’s work was rediscovered by:

1. Khorana, Nirenberg and Mathei
2. de Vries, Correns and von Tschermak
3. Avery, McCleod and McCarty
4. Watson, Crick and Wilkins
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“Chromosomes, which are seen in all dividing cells and pass from one generation to the next, are the basis for all genetic inheritance”.
This statement is credited to:

1.Watson and Crick2.Hershey and Chase
3.Sutton and Boveri4.Meselson and Stahl

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The two alleles of a gene pair are located on:

1. The same chromosome.
2. Different chromosomes.
3. Homologous sites on homologous chromosomes.
4. Homologous sites on heterologous chromosomes.
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The given figure shows meiosis and germ cell formation in a cell with four chromosomes and segregation when germ cells are formed. A and B would, respectively, be:

1. Anaphase I and Metaphase II 
2. Anaphase I and Anaphase II 
3. Metaphase I and Anaphase II 
4. Metaphase I and Metaphase II 
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T. H. Morgan worked on the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Which of the following is not an advantage of this fly?

1. They could be grown on a simple synthetic medium in the laboratory.
2. They complete their life cycle in about two years, and a single mating could produce a large number of progeny flies.
3. There was a clear differentiation of the sexes – the male and female flies are easily distinguishable.
4. It has many types of hereditary variations that can be seen with low-power microscopes.
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When Morgan hybridised yellow-bodied, white-eyed females to brown-bodied, red-eyed males and intercrossed their F1 progeny, the F2 ratio deviated very significantly from the 9:3:3:1 ratio. This can be attributed to the fact that:

1. The genes are located on the X and Y chromosomes.
2. Fruit fly has abnormal chromosomes.
3. The genes are located on the X chromosome.
4. The genes exhibit incomplete dominance.
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