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Individuals with thalassemia major possess homozygous recessive genes for HBB mutant.

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Important Questions on Principles of Inheritance and Variation

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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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Point mutation is caused in which of the following diseases?
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The genetic disorder in which an individual has an overall masculine development, gynaecomastia and is sterile:
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An abnormal human baby with 'XXX' sex chromosomes was born due to:
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Which ONE of the following Mendelian diseases is an example of X-linked recessive disorder?
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Conditions of a karyotype 2n±1 and 2n±2 are called
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Name the human disease due to autosomal dominant gene :
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A change of single base pair in the gene for beta globin chain (in human haemoglobin) that results in the change of amino acid residue glutamine to valine which is due to
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Which of the following muscular disorders is inherited?
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Statement (S): The heterozygous individuals for sickle-cell anaemia HbAHbS express disease phenotype and also carriers of the disease.

Reason (R): HbAHbS genotype individuals are resistant to severe effects of malaria.

The correct answer is

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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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Which one of the following conditions is not responsible for the presence of deoxygenated blood in the arteries of a newborn?
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A haemophilic man marries a woman whose mother was normal but her father was haemophilic. What percentage of childern would be there to be haemophilic. Explain it with necessary crossing.
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Which of the following indicates the sign Question Image in the human pedigree analysis?
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Match the following:

(1) Huntington’s chorea (i) Autosomal mutant allele
(2) Sickle cell anemia (ii) Homozygous recessive gene
(3) Agammaglobulinemia (iii) Autosomal dominant gene
(4) Thalassemia (iv) Recessive gene

 

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Which of the following is most appropriate for thalassemia?
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"The gene for sickle cell anaemia in homozygous condition is lethal and produces sickle cell trait in heterozygous carrier*. Explain.