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Monohybrid cross concerns the inheritance of a single character.

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Important Questions on Heredity and Evolution

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Which Mendelian idea is depicted by a cross in which F1 generation resembles both the parents?
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The main reason of Mendel’s success in discovering the principles of inheritance was
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How many contrasting traits of pea were studied by mendel
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Name the respective pattern of inheritance where F1 phenotype does not resemble either of the two parents and is in between the two. (Complete dominance/Incomplete dominance)
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When 500 plants are produced in the F2 generation of monohybrid cross, the number of homozygous recessive plants obtained is
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If a plant is heterozygous for tallness, the F2 generation has both tall and dwarf plants. This proves the principle of
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A tall true breeding garden pea plant is crossed with a dwarf true breeding garden pea plant. When the F1, plants were selfed the resulting genotypes were in the ratio of
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In 1900 AD, three biologists independently rediscovered Mendel’s principles. They were
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Which cross takes into consideration the inheritance of one trait at a time known as? (Monohybrid cross/Dihybrid cross)
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Mendel published the results of his experiments in the year

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The graphical representation to calculate the probability of all possible genotypes of offspring in a genetic cross is known as

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Which of the following is not one of Mendel’s laws of inheritance?
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The crossing of a homozygous tall plant with a dwarf would yield plants in the ratio of
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Name the plant that shows incomplete dominance with respect to the colour of its flower. (Turnera subulata/Mirabilis jalapa)
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Which of the following contributed to the success of Mendel
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Mendel crossed a pure white flowered recessive pea plant with a dominant pure red flowered plant. The first generation of hybrids from the cross should show
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When a cross is made between two parents with respect to a single character, it is called

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Gregor Mendel was born in

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A red-flowered pea plant was crossed with white-flowered plant. In F1 generation all plants were red. It confirms that white colour is

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The following results were obtained by a scientist who crossed the F1 generation of pure-breeding parents for round and wrinkled seeds.
Dominant trait Recessive trait Number of F2 offspring
Round seeds Wrinkled seeds 7524
From these results, it can be concluded that the actual number of round seeds he obtained was