Q. No.Sickle cell anaemia has not been eliminated from the African population because:
1. It is controlled by recessive genes
2. It is not a fatal disease
3. It provides immunity against malaria
4. It is controlled by dominant genes
Select the incorrect statement:
| 1. | Human males have one of their sex-chromosome much shorter than the other. |
| 2. | Male fruit fly is heterogametic. |
| 3. | In male grasshoppers, 50% of sperms have no sex chromosome. |
| 4. | In domesticated fowls, the sex of progeny depends on the type of sperm rather than the egg. |
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What map unit (Centimorgan) is adopted in the construction of genetic maps?
| 1. | A unit of distance between genes on chromosomes, representing 50% cross-over. |
| 2. | A unit of distance between two expressed genes, representing 10% cross-over. |
| 3. | A unit of distance between two expressed genes, representing 100% cross-over. |
| 4. | A unit of distance between genes on chromosomes. representing 1% cross-over. |
Match the terms in Column I with their description in Column II and choose the correct option.
| Column I | Column II | ||
| A. | Dominance | 1. | Many govern a single character |
| B. | Codominance | 2. | In a heterozygous organism, only one allele expresses itself |
| C. | Pleiotropy | 3. | In a heterozygous organism, both alleles express themselves fully |
| D. | Polygenic inheritance | 4. | A single gene influences many characters |
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 4. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
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A woman has an X-linked condition on one of her X chromosomes. This chromosome can be inherited by:
| 1. | Only daughters | 2. | Only sons |
| 3. | Only grandchildren | 4. | Both sons and daughters |
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All genes located on the same chromosome:
| 1. | Form different groups depending upon their relative distance |
| 2. | Form one linkage group |
| 3. | Will not from any linkage groups |
| 4. | Form interactive groups that affect the phenotype |
Conditions of a karyotype 2n +1, 2n –1 and 2n + 2, 2n – 2 are called:
| 1. | Aneuploidy | 2. | Polyploidy |
| 3. | Allopolyploidy | 4. | Monosomy |
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If a genetic disease is transferred from a phenotypically normal but carrier female to only some of the male progeny, the disease is:
| 1. | Autosomal dominant | 2. | Autosomal recessive |
| 3. | Sex-linked dominant | 4. | Sex-linked recessive |
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In a certain taxon of insects, some have 17 chromosomes and others have 18 chromosomes. The 17 and 18 chromosome-bearing organisms are:
1. males and females, respectively
2. females and males, respectively
3. all males
4. all females
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The inheritance pattern of a gene over generations among humans is studied by pedigree analysis. The character studied in the pedigree analysis is equivalent to:
| 1. | quantitative trait | 2. | Mendelian trait |
| 3. | polygenic trait | 4. | maternal trait |
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