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Down syndrome is the result of monoploidy.

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Important Questions on Principles of Inheritance and Variation

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Write the chromosomal disorder in Down's syndrome and write any three symptoms of it.
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An abnormal human baby with 'XXX' sex chromosomes was born due to:
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Give one example of autosomal genetic disease. What is its reason?
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A man whose father was colour blind marries a woman who had a colour blind mother and normal father. What percentage of male children of this couple will be colour blind?
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Name a human genetic disorder due to the following :
An additional X-chromosome in a male
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Thalassemia and sickle cell anaemia are caused due to a problem in globin molecule synthesis. Select the correct statement.
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A disease caused by an autosomal primary non-disjunction is
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Which of the following muscular disorders is inherited?
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Genetic disorder due to trisomy of chromosome 21 in humans is
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Conditions of a karyotype 2n±1 and 2n±2 are called
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Write differences between Down's syndrome and Klinefelter's syndrome.
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Match the Column- I with Column - II

  Column - I   Column - II
i Autosomal trisomy p Turner's Syndrome
ii Allosomal trisomy q Mendelian disorder
iii Allosomal Monosomy r Klinefelter's Syndrome
iv Cystic fibrosis s Down's Syndrome
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The genetic disorder in which an individual has an overall masculine development, gynaecomastia and is sterile: