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Principles of Inheritance and Variation · Question 108

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1

Haploids are more suitable for mutation studies than the diploids. This is because:

  1. all mutations, whether dominant or recessive are expressed in haploids
  2. mutagens penetrate in haploids more effectively than in diploids
  3. haploids are reproductively more stable than diploids
  4. haploids are more abundant in nature than diploids

Answer

(1) all mutations, whether dominant or recessive are expressed in haploids

Solution

A haploid has only one allele of each gene.

⇒ There is no second (dominant) allele to mask a recessive mutation.

∴ Every mutation, dominant or recessive, is expressed in the phenotype of a haploid and can be detected directly.

Answer: (1)

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2

A human male produces sperms with the genotypes AB, Ab, aB, and ab pertaining to two diallelic characters in equal proportions. What is the corresponding genotype of this person?

  1. AaBb
  2. AABB
  3. AaBB
  4. AABb
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3

In pea plants, yellow seeds are dominant to green. If a heterozygous yellow seeded plant is crossed with a green seeded plant, what ratio of yellow and green seeded plants would you expect in F1 generation?

  1. 9 : 1
  2. 3 : 1
  3. 50 : 50
  4. 1 : 3
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4

Inheritance of skin colour in humans is an example of:

  1. Chromosomal aberration
  2. Polygenic inheritance
  3. Codominance
  4. Point mutation
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5

In the hexaploid wheat, the haploid (n) and basic (x) numbers of chromosomes are:

  1. n = 21 and x = 14
  2. n = 21 and x = 21
  3. n = 7 and x = 21
  4. n = 21 and x = 7
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6

A common test to find the genotype of a hybrid is by:-

  1. Crossing of one F1 progeny with recessive parent
  2. Crossing of one F2 progeny with female parent
  3. Crossing of one F2 progeny with male parent
  4. Studying the sexual behaviour of F1 progenies
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7

Both sickle cell anemia and Huntington's chorea are-

  1. Congenital disorders
  2. Bacteria-related diseases
  3. Virus-related diseases
  4. Pollutant-induced disorders
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8

Test cross involves-

  1. Crossing between two F1 hybrids
  2. Crossing the F1 hybrid with a double recessive genotype
  3. Crossing between two genotypes with recessive trait
  4. Crossing between two genotypes with dominant trait
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9

If a colour blind woman marries a normal visioned man, their sons will be

  1. All normal visioned
  2. Three-fourths colourblind and one-fourth normal
  3. One-half colourblind and one-half normal
  4. All colourblind
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10

Cri-du-chat syndrome in humans is caused by the-

  1. Loss of half of the long arm of chromosome 5
  2. Loss of half of the short arm of chromosome 5
  3. Trisomy of 21st chromosome
  4. Fertilization of an XX egg by a normal Y-bearing sperm
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11

Sickle cell anaemia has not been eliminated from the African population because-

  1. It is not a fatal disease
  2. It is controlled by dominant genes
  3. It is controlled by recessive genes
  4. It provides immunity against malaria
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