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Important Questions on Principles of Inheritance and Variation

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A cow with red coat is crossed with a bull having white coat. Their offspring produced in F1 generation showed roan coat. This effect is produced due to juxtaposition of small patches of red and white colour. What can be assumed about the gene controlling coat colour in cattle?
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In mice, Y is the dominant allele for yellow fur and y is the recessive allele for grey fur. Since Y is lethal when homozygous, the result of cross Yy×Yy will be
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In Mendelian dihybrid cross, when heterozygous 'round-yellow' are self-crossed, 'round-green' offsprings are represented by the genotype:
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Match Column I with Column II and select the correct option from the given codes.
  Column I   Column II
(a) Dihybrid test cross (i) 9:3:3:1
(b) Law of segregation (ii) Dihybrid cross
(c) Law of independent assortment (iii) 1:1:1:1
(d) ABO blood group in man (iv) Purity of gametes
    (v) Multiple allelism
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The percentage of ab gamete produced by AaBb parent will be
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When a cross is made between a tall plant with yellow seeds (TtYy) and a tall plant with green seeds (Ttyy), what is true regarding the proportions of phenotypes of the offsprings in F1 generation?
  The proportion of Tall and Green The proportion of Dwarf and Green
(i) 38 18
(ii) 28 18
(iii) 18 38
(iv) 28 28
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How many types of gametes can be produced by a diploid organism who is heterozygous for 4 loci?