Match the terms in Column I with their description in Column II and choose the correct option.
Column I | Column II | ||
A. | Dominance | 1. | Many govern a single character |
B. | Codominance | 2. | In a heterozygous organism, only one allele expresses itself |
C. | Pleiotropy | 3. | In a heterozygous organism, both alleles express themselves fully |
D. | Polygenic inheritance | 4. | A single gene influences many characters |
A | B | C | D | |
1. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
2. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
3. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
4. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
A. | \(\mathrm{I^{B}i / I^{A}i / ii}\) |
B. | \(\mathrm{I}^{\mathrm{B}} \mathrm{I}^{\mathrm{B}} / \mathrm{I}^{\mathrm{A}} \mathrm{I}^{\mathrm{A}} / \mathrm{ii}\) |
C. | \(\mathrm{I^AI^B/iI^A/I^Bi}\) |
D. | \(\mathrm{I^{A}i / I^{B}i / I^{A}i}\) |
E. | \(\mathrm{i I^B / i I^A / I^A I^B}\) |
Identify the wrong statement with reference to the gene 'I' that controls ABO blood groups.
1. | A person will have only two of the 3 alleles. |
2. | When IA and IB are present together, they express same type of sugar. |
3. | Allele 'i' does not produce any sugar. |
4. | The gene (I) has three alleles. |
The genotypes of a husband and wife are IAIB and IAi respectively. Among the blood types of their children, how many different genotypes and phenotypes are possible?
1. 3 genotypes; 4 phenotypes
2. 4 genotypes; 3 phenotypes
3. 4 genotypes; 4 phenotypes
4. 3 genotypes; 3 phenotypes
Which of the following characteristics represent the 'Inheritance of blood groups' in humans?
a. Dominance
b. Co-dominance
c. Multiple allelism
d. Incomplete dominance
e. Polygenic inheritance
1. | b, c, and e | 2. | a, b and c |
3. | b, d, and e | 4. | a, c, and e |
List-I Types of inheritance |
List-II Example |
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A. | Incomplete dominance | I. | Blood groups in human |
B. | Co-dominance | II. | Flower colour in Antirrhinum |
C. | Pleiotropy | III. | Skin colour in human |
D. | Polygenic inheritance | IV. | Phenylketonuria |