In Mendel’s experiments, the contrasting traits did not show any blending in:
1. stage
2. stage
3. Both and stages
4. The statement is false as blending was seen at all stages
What could be the genotype of a garden pea plant that expresses tall trait of height?
1. TD
2. Tt
3. Td
4. tt
A graphical representation to calculate the probability of all possible genotypes of offspring in a genetic cross is called as:
1. Forked line diagram
2. Punnett square
3. Pedigree chart
4. Idiogram
The F2 genotypic ratio of a monohybrid cross is:
1. 1 : 1
2. 3 : 1
3. 1 : 2 : 1
3. 9 : 7
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 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.
When the two genes in a dihybrid cross are situated on the same chromosome:
1. The proportion of parental gene combinations was much higher than the non-parental type.
2. The proportion of parental gene combinations was much lesser than the non-parental type.
3. The proportion of parental gene combinations was equal to the non-parental type.
4. Only recombinants are formed.
It is unfortunate that in our society women are blamed for producing female children and have been ostracised and ill-treated because:
1. | The sex is determined by the type of sperm fertilizing the egg |
2. | The sex is determined by the type of egg fertilizing the sperm |
3. | The sex is determined by the hormones produced by the fetus |
4. | The sex is determined by the God’s will |
The family pedigree of Queen Victoria shows a number of haemophilic descendants as she was:
1. Affected by the disease
2. Carrier for the disease
3. Did not carry the allele for hemopihilia
4. Was not a queen
Which of the following amino acid substitution in the beta chain of the haemoglobin molecule leads to the development of sickle cell anaemia?
1. Arginine by tyrosine 2. Tyrosine by phenylalanine
3. Valine by Glutamic acid 4. Glutamic acid by Valine
An organism with two different alleles is:
1. Homozygous for that trait
2. Homologous for the allele
3. Heterozygous for the trait
4. Heterologous for the allele