If both parents are carriers for thalassemia, which is an autosomal recessive disorder, what are the chances of pregnancy resulting in an affected child?
1. 50% 2. 25 %
3. 100% 4. no chance

Subtopic:  Mendelian Disorders: Thalassemia |
 56%
AIPMT - 2013
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A man whose father was colour blind marries a woman who had a colour blind mother and a normal father. What percentage of male children of this couple will be colour blind?

1. 25%

2. 0%

3. 50%

4. 75%

Subtopic:  Sex Linked Recessive Inheritance |
 61%
AIPMT - 2014
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A human female with Turner's syndrome:

1. has 45 chromosomes with XO

2. has one additional chromosome.

3. exhibit male character

4. is able to produce children with a normal husband.

Subtopic:  Sex Aneuploidy - Turner & Klinefelter Syndrome |
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AIPMT - 2014
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Which of the following statements is not true of two genes that show 50% recombination frequency?

1. The genes are tightly linked.
2. The genes show independent assortment.
3. If the genes are present on the same chromosome, they undergo more than one crossing-over in every meiosis.
4. The genes may be on different chromosomes.

Subtopic:  Recombination Gene Mapping |
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AIPMT - 2013
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The incorrect statement with regard to Haemophilia is:

1. It is a recessive disease
2. It is a dominant disease
3. A single protein involved in the clotting of blood is affected
4. it is a sex-linked disease.

Subtopic:  Mendelian Disorders: Hemophilia |
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AIPMT - 2013
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A normal-visioned man whose father was color blind marries a woman whose father was also colorblind. They have their first child as a daughter. What are the chances that this child would be colorblind?

1. 100%

2. 0%

3. 25%

4. 50%

Subtopic:  Sex Linked Recessive Inheritance |
 61%
AIPMT - 2012
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F2 generation in a Mendelian cross showed that both genotypic and phenotypic ratios are same as 1: 2: 1. It represents a case of:

1. Co-dominance

2. Dihybrid crosses

3. Monohybrid crosses with complete dominance

4. Monohybrid crosses with incomplete dominance

Subtopic:  Monohybrid Cross: 1 |
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AIPMT - 2012
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Which one of the following cannot be explained on the basis of Mendel's Law of Dominance?

1. The discrete unit controlling a particular character is called a factor.
2. Out of one pair of factors, one is dominant, and the other recessive.
3. Alleles do not show any blending and both the characters recover as such in the F2 generation.
4. Factors occur in pairs.
Subtopic:  Dominance Deviation from Mendel: 1 |
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AIPMT - 2010
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Which one of the following conditions correctly describes the manner of determining the sex in the given example?
 
1. XO type of sex chromosomes determines male sex in grasshopper
2. XO condition in humans as found in Turner syndrome, determines female sex
3. Homozygous sex chromosomes (XX) produce males in Drosophila
4. Homozygous sex chromosomes (ZZ) determine the female sex in birds.
Subtopic:  Sex Determination |
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AIPMT - 2011
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The genotype of a plant showing the dominant phenotype can be determined by:

1. test cross

2. dihybrid cross

3. pedigree analysis

4. back cross

Subtopic:  Monohybrid Cross: Further Understanding |
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AIPMT - 2010
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