Genetics and Inheritance

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Genetics and Inheritance: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Mutation, Principles of Inheritance and Variation, Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance, Inheritance of One Gene, Inheritance of Two Genes, Sex Determination & Genetic Disorders etc.

Important Questions on Genetics and Inheritance

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The deletion or insertion of a base pair into the generic code causes a frame shift mutation unless the number of the base pairs deleted or inserted is:

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Hybrid varieties are the first generations (F1) from crosses between _______ that are genetically dissimilar:

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A male child would be born to parents if_____.

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If a gene is represented in an infinitely large random-mating population by adaptively neutral alleles, A and a, in the ration of qA: (1-q)2 aa = 1 is known as:

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Multiple impacts of a gene are called _____.

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Similar niches different communalities or in different regions are commonly occupied by species possessing similar habits, adaptations and adjustments, Such species are called

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If a certain couple shows the probability of having only half of the sons haemophilic and only half of the daughters haemophilic the parents are likely to be:

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Which of the following statement can describe horizontal gene transfer?

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In DNA, the hydrogen bond exists between_____.

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In most birds, after batching, the young ones normally being to follow their mothers. The type of behaviour is known as

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A man with blood group 'O' marries a woman with blood group 'A'. The probability of their first child having blood group 'O' is _____.

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The genotype AA is present in an individual is known as

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Mutation is the process_____.

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Among the following, colonial insects are

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Milk production trait is a:

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The nonsense codon(s) is/are

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Thalassemia is an example of-

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Genetic deals with_____.

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Lamarck's theory of Evolution is based upon

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Relationship between phenotypic variance (Vp) genotypic variance (Vg) and environmental variance Ve can be shown as: