An individual with AaBb genotype is producing four types of gametes as AB, aB, Ab and ab by meiosis. If the frequency of these gametes is 25% each then, it explains

1.  Incomplete linkage

2.  Mutations

3.  Independent assortment 

4.  Complete linkage 

Subtopic:  Dihybrid Cross: Details |
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Which one of the following Mendelian trait controlling unit is expressed in homozygous condition only?

1.  Axial flower

2.  Yellow seed

3.  Yellow pod

4.  Smooth seed 

Subtopic:  Monohybrid Cross: 1 |
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A pure tall - red flower plant was crossed with dwarf - white-flowered plant. In F1, all were tall with pink flowers. What is the percentage probability of getting red and pink-flowered plants respectively in F2 generation?

1.  25% and 50%

2.  50% and 25%

3.  Zero and 75%

4.  Zero and 50% 

Subtopic:  Dominance Deviation from Mendel: 1 |
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Which one of the following traits are controlled by genes located on the differential part of X-chromosome?

1. Porcupine skin and epidermolysis bullosa

2. Beard in man and milk glands in female

3. Color blindness and hemophilia

4. Color blindness and cystic fibrosis

Subtopic:  Mendelian Disorders |
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In pea, the gene that controls starch synthesis shows all of the following except

1.  Dominance 

2.  Incomplete dominance

3.  Multiple allelism

4.  Pleiotropy

  

Subtopic:  Dominance Deviation from Mendel: 2 | Polygenic Inheritance & Pleiotropy |
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What is incorrect for genetic maps?

1. Alfred Sturtevant prepared it for the first time using monohybrid test cross
2. It is a measure of the distance between genes present on the same chromosome
3. Stronger the linkage lesser is the distance between two genes
4. It was extensively used in the case of the Human Genome Sequencing Project
Subtopic:  Understanding Linkage |
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Match the column correctly

Column l  Column lI
a. Phenylketonuria  i. Autosomal trisomy associated with mongolism
b. Down's syndrome  ii. Gynaecomastia
c. Klinefelter's syndrome iii. Autosomal recessive trait associated with mental retardation
d. Turner's syndrome iv. Sterile females with rudimentary ovaries 

1.  a(iii), b(i), c(iv), d(ii)
2.  a(ii), b(iii), c(i), d(iv)
3.  a(ii), b(i), c(iii), d(iv)
4.  a(iii), b(i), c(ii), d(iv)

Subtopic:  Mendelian Disorders | Non - Disjunction & Aneuploidy | Sex Aneuploidy - Turner & Klinefelter Syndrome |
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All are X-linked traits, except

1. Colourblindness

2. Haemophilia

3. Deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

4. Hypertrichosis

Subtopic:  Sex Linked Inheritance: Characteristics |
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If we change the position of genes on chromosomes it will be included in

1.  Gene mutation

2.  Chromosomal mutation

3.  Polyploidy

4.  Transversion mutation

Subtopic:  Mutation |
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If size of strach grains in pea is considered as phenotype, Bb alleles show

1.  Dominance

2.  Codominance

3.  Incomplete dominance

4.  Pleiotropism 

Subtopic:  Dominance Deviation from Mendel: 1 | Dominance Deviation from Mendel: 2 |
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