Deviation From Mendelian Genetics

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Deviation From Mendelian Genetics: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Deviation from Mendelism, Pleiotropy, Polygenic Inheritance, Incomplete Dominance, Codominance, Multiple Allelism & Blood Inheritance etc.

Important Questions on Deviation From Mendelian Genetics

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The fundamental cause of the sickle-cell disease is a change in the structure of:

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A plant of Antirrhinum majus with red flowers was crossed with another plant of the same species with white flowers. The plants of the F1 generation bore pink flowers. The pattern of inheritance is exhibiting:

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A woman with blood group O married a man with AB group. The possible genotype of their progeny would be:

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A plant of Antirrhinum majus with red flowers was crossed with another plant of the same species with white flowers. The plants of the F1 generation bore pink flowers. The pattern of inheritance is exhibiting:

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A child of blood group O cannot have parents of blood groups

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The genotype of B-group father of an O-group child is:

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When one gene controls two or more different characters simultaneously, the phenomenon is called

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Which one of the following pairs of features is an excellent example of polygenic inheritance?

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Grain colour in wheat is determined by three pairs of polygene. Following the cross AABBCC (dark colour) and aabbcc (light colour), in F 2 generation, what proportion of the progeny is likely to resemble either parent?

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Choose the correct option regarding the inheritance of flower colour in Antirrhinum (dog flower).
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What will be number of gene pairs controlling a single character in polygenic inheritance if the phenotypic ratio obtained in F2 generation is 1 : 6 : 15 : 20 : 15 : 6 : 1?

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Which ONE of the following is the most likely ratio of blood groups (A : B :AB) among the progeny from heterozygous parents with B and AB blood groups?

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What will be the genotype of the parents, when their children are with A, B, AB and O blood group?

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The phenotypic ratio of incomplete dominance is _____.

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How many different blood groups are possible in a diploid species with ABCO blood grouping system involving IA, IB, IC and IO alleles (IOis recessive and others are codominant)?

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The genotype of a person with B blood group is _____. The phenotypic blood group of a person with genotype ii will be _____.

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If the genotypes determining the blood groups of a couple are IAI0 and IAIB, then the probability of their first child having type O blood is

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In a diploid organism, when the locus X is inactivated by locus Y, transcription of the locus Y is triggered. Based on this observation, which one of the following statements is CORRECT?

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Which one of the following genetic phenomena is represented by the blood group AB?