If Mendel might have studied 7 pairs of characters in a plant with 12 chromosomes instead of 14 then:
1. | He could not discover an independent assortment |
2. | He might have discovered linkage |
3. | He might have discovered crossing over |
4. | He might have not observed dominance |
A gene is said to be dominant if:
1. | It expresses its effect only in the homozygous stage |
2. | It expresses only in heterozygous condition |
3. | It expresses both in homozygous and heterozygous conditions |
4. | It is never expressed in any condition |
A trait displays continuous phenotypic variation and is spread across a gradient. Usually, the inheritance of this trait can be described as:
1. dominant-recessive inheritance
2. multiple-allele inheritance
3. polygenic inheritance
4. sex-linked inheritance
Which of the following is a recessive trait in Pisum sativum?
1. | Yellow pod color | 2. | Axial flower position |
3. | Inflated pod shape | 4. | Violet flower color |
Gynecomastia is an important clinical feature seen in individuals with:
1. | Klinefelter's syndrome | 2. | Turner’s syndrome |
3. | Oculocutaneous albinism | 4. | Down’s syndrome |
A human female who is not color blind but whose father was color blind marries a normal male. What proportion of their male progeny will have red-green color blindness?
1. | 75% | 2. | 50% |
3. | 25% | 4. | 0% |
The physiological basis of pleiotropy is:
1. | lack of independent assortment in linked genes |
2. | separation of homologous chromosomes at anaphase I in meiosis I |
3. | dominance is not an autonomous feature of an allele |
4. | inter-relationships of many metabolic pathways in the living organisms |
The progeny of a dihybrid test cross AaBb x aabb show the following genotypes: AaBb 160, Aabb 460, aaBb 440, aabb 140. The recombination frequency between the two loci is:
1. | 12.5 % | 25 % | |
3. | 15 % | 4. | 30 % |
Drosophila melanogaster is a model organism for the study of genetics. The advantages of this organism include all the following except:
1. | A long life cycle |
2. | A large number of progeny produced by a single mating |
3. | Clear differentiation between sexes |
4. | Hereditary variation is easily seen with low-power microscopes |
The number of types of gametes produced by a plant with the genotype AaBbCCDd will be:
1. | 2 | 2. | 4 |
3. | 8 | 4. | 16 |