Terminologies Used in Genetics
Terminologies Used in Genetics: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Gene, Alleles, Phenotype, Genotype, Test Cross, Back Cross, Dominant Trait, Recessive Trait, Gene Locus, Genetic Trait, Homozygous Trait and, Heterozygous Trait
Important Questions on Terminologies Used in Genetics
Mating of an organism to a double recessive in order to determine whether it is homozygous or heterozygous for a character under consideration is called

Pure line breed refers to ____.

Which one of the following genotypes can form only 2 different types of gametes?

The below diagram represents

The recessive character of Mendel was

If after a cross, a particular plant produces dominant characters and recessive characters, the probable genotypes of the parents would be

A heterozygous tall plant which produces round seed is crossed with a homozygous dwarf plant which produces wrinkled seeds. The offspring would be in the phenotypic ratio:

In a plant, red flower is dominant over yellow flower and tallness dominant over shortness . A plant with genotype is crossed with plant of genotype. The progeny is:

How would you test a pea plant whether it is pure or hybrid for tallness?

From the given statements, find the correct option:
I. Test crosses are used to determine the unknown genotype of an organism within one breeding generation.
II. Test cross is a cross between F1 hybrid and dominant or recessive parents.

An allele that mask the effect of another allele is called

Genetically identical progeny is produced when an individual :


If the gene pool of the locus X in the human genome is 4, then what would be the highest possible number of genotypes in a large population?

Choose the wrong statement.
A. A single gene product may produce more than one effect thus it relates to pleiotropy
B. Dominance is an autonomous feature of a gene or the product
C. The frequency of recombination between gene pairs on the same chromosome as a measure of distance between those genes
D. Breeder cannot select the mutations of the desirable types as it has less variability
The correct answer is

In a cross between homozygous recessive and a heterozygous dominant, the phenotypic and genotypic ratios respectively are

In order to know the genotype of a dominant phenotype, it is crossed with a recessive parent. The cross resulted in of recessive phenotypes. The genotype of the dominant phenotype used in the test cross is

Choose the correct statements.
A. A single gene may be related to more than one character is called pleiotropy.
B. A non-functional allele can be considered as dominant allele when an unmodified gene is called recessive trait.
C. Genes which code for a pair of contrasting traits are known as alleles.
D. Sahiwal cows of Punjab are the example for selection.

Who coined the term allele?

Allele is ____________.
