Cystic fibrosis affects the lungs, the pancreas, the digestive system, and other organs, resulting in symptoms ranging from breathing difficulties to recurrent infections. Which of the following terms best describes this?
1. incomplete dominance
2. multiple alleles

3.  pleiotropy
4. epistasis

 

Subtopic:  Polygenic Inheritance & Pleiotropy | Mendelian Disorders |
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How would one explain a test cross involving F1 dihybrid flies in which more parental-type offspring than recombinant-type offspring are produced?
1. The two genes are closely linked on the same chromosome
2. The two genes are linked but on different chromosomes
3. Recombination did not occur in the cell during meiosis
4. The test cross was improperly performed
Subtopic:  Understanding Linkage | Linkage Types | Recombination & Gene Mapping |
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In a linear chromosome map distances between four loci are -a and b = 20 mu; a and d = 6mu; b and c=8 mu; a and c= 12 mu. What will be the crossover frequency between c and d ? 
1. 12% 
2. 20% 
3. 3% 
4. 6%
Subtopic:  Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance: Introduction | Linkage Types | Recombination & Gene Mapping |
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Which of the following display female heterogametry? 
1. Drosophila melanogaster 
2. Apis mellifera 
3. Gallus gallus domesticus 
4. Periplaneta Americana 
Subtopic:  Sex Determination | Sex Determination: Further Considerations |
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In a particular chromosome, the recombination frequency between genes a &c is 5%; b & c is 15%; b &d is 9%; a &b is 20%; c &d is 24% and a & d is 29%. The sequence of genes in a chromosome is 
1. a, d, b, c 
2. d, b, a, c 
3. a, b, c, d 
4. a, c, b, d 
Subtopic:  Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance: Introduction | Recombination & Gene Mapping |
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Which one of the following anticodons are used for the translation of t-RNA during the biosynthesis of hemoglobin in sickel cell anemic patients? 
1. CAC 
2. CUC 
3. GUG 
4. GAG 
Subtopic:  Mendelian Disorders: Sickle Cell Anemia |
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Match List I with List II
                       
List I     List II
A. Mendelian Disorder  I. Chromosomal Theory of inheritance
B. Alfred Sturtevant II. Klinefelter's syndrome
C. Chromosomal Disorder III. Cystic fibrosis
D. Sutton and Boveri IV. Used the frequency of recombination between the gene pair in the same chromosome

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. A-III   B-I      C-II     D-IV
2. A-III   B- IV   C-II     D-I
3. A-IV   B-III    C-II     D-I
4. A-II     B-III   C-I      D-IV
 
Subtopic:  Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance: Introduction | Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance: Further Considerations | Recombination & Gene Mapping | Mendelian Disorders |
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If two plants having heterozygous genotype for a trait are crossed, what percentage of the progeny will have heterozygous genotype?
1.  25%
2.  50%
3.  75%
4.  100%
Subtopic:  Monohybrid Cross: 1 | Monohybrid Cross: Further Understanding |
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Phenylketonuria is a
1.  Sex-linked dominant disease
2.  Autosomal dominant disease
3.  Sex-linked recessive disease
4.  Autosomal recessive disease
Subtopic:  Mendelian Disorders |
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A test-cross was carried out for a pea plant having genotype RR and phenotype as round seeds. What would be the ratio of phenotype (plants with round seeds; plants with wrinkled seeds) in the resulting progeny?
1.  All wrinkled
2.  Round: wrinkled :: 1:1
3.  Round: wrinkled :: 3:1
4.  All round
Subtopic:  Monohybrid Cross: 1 | Monohybrid Cross: Further Understanding |
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