Define true breeding.

Important Questions on Principles of Inheritance and Variation

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 9 - Principles of Inheritance and Variation>Questions>Q 4

Mention the significance of true breeding.

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 9 - Principles of Inheritance and Variation>Questions>Q 5

Explain the term phenotype.

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 9 - Principles of Inheritance and Variation>Questions>Q 5

Explain the term genotype.

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 9 - Principles of Inheritance and Variation>Questions>Q 6

What is the point mutation? Give an example.

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 9 - Principles of Inheritance and Variation>Questions>Q 7

A person has to perform crosses for the purpose of studying the inheritance of a few traits/characters. What should be the criteria for selecting the organisms?

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 9 - Principles of Inheritance and Variation>Questions>Q 8

In order to obtain the F₁ generation, Mendel pollinated a pure breeding tall plant with a pure breeding dwarf plant. But to get the F₁ generation, he simply self-pollinated the tall F₁ plants. Why?

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 9 - Principles of Inheritance and Variation>Questions>Q 9

How are alleles of a particular gene differ from each other?

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 9 - Principles of Inheritance and Variation>Questions>Q 9

Explain the significance of alleles of a particular gene.