Principles of Inheritance and Variation
- An organism with two identical alleles is
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Homozygous individuals have identical mendelian factors or genes for a character (TT or tt). They are always pure for a particular trait (character).
Correct Option: D
Homozygous individuals have identical mendelian factors or genes for a character (TT or tt). They are always pure for a particular trait (character).
- Two dominant nonallelic genes are 50 map units apart. The linkage is
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Chromosome mapping is based on the fact that genes are linearly arranged on the chromosome and frequency of crossing over is directly proportional to the distance between two genes. Dominant genes show cis arrangement. At 50 map units cis is changed to trans & vice-versa hence no fixed linkage is present.
Correct Option: D
Chromosome mapping is based on the fact that genes are linearly arranged on the chromosome and frequency of crossing over is directly proportional to the distance between two genes. Dominant genes show cis arrangement. At 50 map units cis is changed to trans & vice-versa hence no fixed linkage is present.
- A polygenic inheritance in human beings is
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Polygenic inheritance show cumulative effect i.e. two independent dominant genes produce additive effect on an individual.
Correct Option: A
Polygenic inheritance show cumulative effect i.e. two independent dominant genes produce additive effect on an individual.
- Mendel studied inheritance of seven pairs of traits in Pea which can have 21 possible combinations. If you are told that in one of these combinations, independent assortment is not observed in later studies, your reaction will be
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Law of independent assortment is applicable to only those factors or genes which are located on different chromosomes. Probably the characters were present on same chromosome and showed linkage which Mendel might not have studied.
Correct Option: B
Law of independent assortment is applicable to only those factors or genes which are located on different chromosomes. Probably the characters were present on same chromosome and showed linkage which Mendel might not have studied.
- A child of blood group O can not have parents of blood groups
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AB blood group possess the genotype IAIB. The alleles IA and IB are codominant as both express themselves when together in an individual.
Correct Option: A
AB blood group possess the genotype IAIB. The alleles IA and IB are codominant as both express themselves when together in an individual.