ABO blood grouping is controlled by gene I which has three alleles and shows co-dominance. There are six genotypes. How many phenotypes in all are possible?
1. | three | 2. | four |
3. | five | 4. | six |
The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster was found to be very suitable for experimental verification of the chromosomal theory of inheritance by Morgan and his colleagues because:
1. | a single mating produces two young flies |
2. | smaller female is easily recognisable from a large male |
3. | it completes its life cycle in about two weeks |
4. | it reproduces parthenogenetically |
Which one of the following conditions of the zygotic cell would lead to the birth of a normal human female child?
1. one X and one Y chromosome
2. two X chromosomes
3. only one Y chromosome
4. only one X chromosome
Test cross in plants or in Drosophila involves crossing:
1. between two genotypes with dominant trait
2. between two genotypes with recessive trait
3. between two F1 hybrids
4. the F1 hybrid with a double recessive genotype
A cross in which an organism showing a dominant phenotype in crossed with the recessive parent in order to know its genotype is called:
1. Back cross
2. Test cross
3. Dihybrid cross
4. Monohybrid cross
In antirrhinum, two plants with pink flowers were hybridized. The F1 plants produced red, pink, and white flowers in the proportion of 1 red, 2 pink and 1 white. What could be the genotype of the two plants used for hybridization? Red flower colour is determined by RR, and White by rr genes.
1. | RR | 2. | Rr |
3. | rr | 4. | rrrr |
A test cross is carried out to:
1. | Predict whether two traits are linked |
2. | Assess the number of alleles of a gene |
3. | Determine whether two species or varieties will breed successfully |
4. | Determine the genotype of a plant at F2 |
In order to find out the different types of gametes produced by a pea plant having the genotype AaBb, it should be crossed to a plant with the genotype:
1. AaBb
2. aabb
3. AABB
4. aaBB
Which of the following is not a hereditary disease:
1. Haemophilia
2. Cretinism
3. Cystic fibrosis
4. Thalasasemia
Haemophilia is more commonly seen in human males than in human females because:
1. | This disease is due to a Y-linked recessive mutation |
2. | This disease is due to an X-linked recessive mutation |
3. | This disease is due to an X-linked dominant mutation |
4. | A greater proportion of girls die in infancy |