Applications of Genetics

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Applications of Genetics: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Sex Determination in Humans, Sex-limited Traits, Sex Linked Inheritance, Sex-influenced Traits, Genetic Disorders, Chromosomal Disorders, Down’s Syndrome, Klinefelter’s Syndrome, Turner’s Syndrome, Linkage, Linkage Groups, Complete Linkage, Incomplete Linkage, Recombination of Genes, Mutation, Mendelian Disorders, Haemophilia & Colour Blindness etc.

Important Questions on Applications of Genetics

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Flow chart of sex determination in humans is given below. Information to be filled in the blanks a, b and c respectively are :

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A male child with blood group AB is colour blind. His parents could be -

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A colour blind daughter may be born if the:

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Human offspring would be female, if 23" pair of chromosome in zygote is

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The reason why some mutations, which are harmful, do not get eliminated from gene pool is that

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Blue eye colour in human is recessive to brown eye colour. The expected children of a marriage between blue-eyed woman and brown-eyed male who had a blue-eyed mother are likely to be

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If a couple has three daughters, what are the chances that the fourth child will be a son?

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After observing the variations, Hugo de Vries first of all described the mutation in

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The ultimate source of organic variation is

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Indian-American Scientist associated with first
artificial gene is