Mendelian Genetics

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Mendelian Genetics: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Law of Segregation, Monohybrid Cross, Law of Independent Assortment, Law of Dominance, Mendel's Laws of Inheritance, Punnett Square and, Mendel's Experiment

Important Questions on Mendelian Genetics

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Which of the following law of inheritance has not been given by Mendel:

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Look at the given diagram and answer the following question :

 

Identify the phenotypic ratio of A, B, C, D.

 

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Look at the diagram given below and answer the following question :

Identify the genotypes of A, B, C, D.

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You are given tall pea plants with yellow seeds whose genotypes are unknown. It was crossed with a dwarf pea plant with green seeds. The progeny obtained has equal ratio of tall and dwarf plants and equal proportion of green and yellow seeds.  The genotype of the first plant is:

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When a violet flower producing plant was crossed with white flower producing plant, the progeny obtained had all violet flower.

The genotype of first parent was homozygous or heterozygous:

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A homozygous tall pea plant with yellow seeds is crossed with a dwarf pea plant with green seeds. The phenotypic ratio of its F2 plants would be:

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If a homozygous tall plant is crossed with homozygous dwarf plant, the offspring will be

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If a homozygous red flowered plant is crossed with a homozygous white flowered plant, the off springs would be

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The percentage of double dominant phenotypic progeny formed in F2 generation of Mendel's dihybrid cross is:

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If a homozygous tall pea plant is crossed with another homozygous tall pea plant, the progeny in the F1 generation will be :

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How many Pea plants will be dwarf in a mendelian dihybrid cross for height and flower color in Fgeneration ?

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In 'Mendel' dihybrid cross, which of the following result was obtained in F2 generation?

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In monohybrid cross, the proportion of 3 : 1 explains

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The below diagram shows:

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In Mendelian dihybrid cross, how many of progeny in F2 generation possess genotype rryy?

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In Mendelian dihybrid cross, how many individuals are heterozygous of both the character in F2-generation?

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In Mendelian dihybrid cross, how many individuals are homozygous recessive for one of the character only in F2 generation?

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In Mendelian dihybrid cross, how many individuals are homozygous dominant for both the genes in F2 generation?

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Number of character of garden pea flower chosen by Mendel?

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When pure-line tall pea plants were crossed with dwarf pea plants, F1 progeny was obtained which was all tall. Why dwarfs were not observed in F1 progeny?