Gynecomastia is an important clinical feature seen in individuals with:

1.Klinefelter's syndrome2.Turner’s syndrome
3.Oculocutaneous albinism4.Down’s syndrome

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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%

Subtopic:  Pedigree Analysis: Problem Solving |
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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
Subtopic:  Polygenic Inheritance & Pleiotropy |
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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 %
Subtopic:  Recombination & Gene Mapping |
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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

Subtopic:  Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance: Introduction |
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The number of types of gametes produced by a plant with the genotype AaBbCCDd will be:

1.22.4
3.84.16

Subtopic:  Dihybrid Cross: Details |
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The father and the mother of a child, with blood group O, have the blood groups A and B respectively. If these parents then have non-identical twins, what is the probability that both twins will have blood group B?

1. ¼ 2. 1/8
3. ¾ 4. 1/16
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Assuming independent assortment, the ratio of progeny with the genotypes AaBb : Aabb : aaBb : aabb from a dihybrid cross AabB X AaBb will respectively be:

1. 4 : 3 : 2 : 1 2. 4 : 4 : 2 : 1
3. 4 : 2 : 2 : 1 4. 4 : 2 : 1 : 1
Subtopic:  Dihybrid Cross Analysis |
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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
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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

Subtopic:  Polygenic Inheritance & Pleiotropy |
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