The allele for tallness is dominant over that of dwarfness. This is called:
1.  Law of independent assortment
2.  Law of segregation
3.  Law of unit character
4.  Law of dominance

Subtopic:  Dihybrid Cross: Details |
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Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 1999
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What ratio is expected in offsprings if father is colour blind and mother's father was colour blind:
1.  50% daughter – colour blind
2.  All the sons are colour blind
3.  All the daughters colour blind
4.  All the sons are normal

Subtopic:  Mendelian Disorders: Hemophilia |
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AIPMT - 1999
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Among fraternal twins, one baby is haemophilic while the baby's brother is normal. Which statement is true:
1.  Baby is male
2.  Baby is female
3.  Mother is heterozygous
4.  Mother is homozygous

Subtopic:  Mendelian Disorders: Hemophilia |
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AIPMT - 1999
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Minor change in a gene's structure is called:
1.  Reversible mutation
2.  Point mutation
3.  Forward mutation
4.  Backward mutation

Subtopic:  Mutation |
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According to Mendelism which character is showing dominance:

1. Terminal position of the flower

2. Green colour in the seed coat

3. Wrinkled seed

4. Green pod colour

Subtopic:  Introduction to Genetics: 1 |
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AIPMT - 2000
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Which of the following is the correct match:

1. Down Syndrome = 21st Chromosome
2. Sickel cell anaemia = X – Chromosome
3. Haemophilia = Y – Chromosome
4. Parkinson Disease = X & Y Chromosomes
Subtopic:  Non - Disjunction & Aneuploidy |
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Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2002
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Change in the sequence of nucleotides in DNA is called:

1. Mutagen

2. Mutation

3. Recombination

4. Translation

Subtopic:  Mutation |
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Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2002
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Which of the following is the example of a sex-linked disease:

1. AIDS

2. Colour blindness

3. Syphilis

4. Gonorrhoea

Subtopic:  Sex Linked Recessive Inheritance |
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AIPMT - 2002
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A gene is said to be dominant if:

1. It expresses its effect only in the homozygous stage
2. It expresses only in heterozygous condition
3. It expresses both in homozygous and heterozygous conditions
4. It is never expressed in any condition
Subtopic:  Monohybrid Cross: Further Understanding |
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AIPMT - 2002
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Mangolian idiots are due to trisomy in the 21st chromosome is called:

1. Down's syndrome

2. Turner's syndrome

3. Kleinfelters syndrome

4. Triplex syndrome

Subtopic:  Non - Disjunction & Aneuploidy |
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Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2000
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