Principles of Inheritance and Variation
- When dominant and recessive alleles express itself together it is called
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According to principle of dominance, out of the two factors of alleles representing different traits of a character, only one expresses itself. But when both express themselves it is codominance.
Correct Option: A
According to principle of dominance, out of the two factors of alleles representing different traits of a character, only one expresses itself. But when both express themselves it is codominance.
- Independent assortment of genes does not take place when
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Independent assortment of genes takes place only when they are located on separate non-homologus chromosomes. Where two or more than two genes are located on same chromosome, independent assortment will not be possible.
Correct Option: B
Independent assortment of genes takes place only when they are located on separate non-homologus chromosomes. Where two or more than two genes are located on same chromosome, independent assortment will not be possible.
- There are three genes a, b, c. Percentage of crossing over between a and b is 20%, b and c is 28% and a and c is 8%. What is the sequence of genes on chromosome?
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Percent crossing over between two genes is proportional to the distance between them.Correct Option: A
Percent crossing over between two genes is proportional to the distance between them.
- On selfing a plant of F1 generation with genotype “AABbCC”,the genotypic ratio in F2 generation will be
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Correct Option: B
- A gene is said to be dominant if
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A dominant gene would lead to the expression of its phenotype irrespective of the fact whether its allelic gene is dominant or recessive.
Correct Option: C
A dominant gene would lead to the expression of its phenotype irrespective of the fact whether its allelic gene is dominant or recessive.