Mendelian Genetics

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Mendelian Genetics: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Mendel's Laws of Inheritance, Mendel's Experiment and, Pre-Mendelian Concepts of Heredity

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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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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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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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?

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Mendel and Morgan worked on these, respectively:

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Which is correct about traits chosen by Mendel?

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Read the following statements and select the correct option.

I. For monohybrid crosses with flower colour in snapdragon, in F2 generation both phenotypic and genotypic ratios are 1:2:1.

II. For a test cross of flower colour in garden pea, the phenotypic ratio is always 1:1.

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The results of Mendel’s crosses were represented in a ‘checkerboard’ manner. This was given by:

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Which among the following characters selected by Mendel in a pea plant is a recessive character?

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What is the scientific name of the pea plant?

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A cross wạs carried out between two individuals, heterozygous for two pairs of genes. Assuming segregation and independent assortment, the number of different genotypes and phenotypes obtained respectively would be

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What is the scientific name of the plant that Mendel used for his experiment?

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Which of the following trait was not studied by Mendel in his work?

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Arrange the discoveries in ascending chronological order.
A. Discovery of citric acid cycle
B. Discovery of cell
C. Laws of inheritance
D. Book on agriculture and weeds
E. Discovery of genetic nature of RNA
F. Description and identification of plants

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Which of the following characters not studied by Mendel in his Pea plant experiment?

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Which one of the following Mendelian traits is present on the 5th  Chromosome?

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Who enunciated the principles or laws of inheritance?

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The criteria to be fulfilled by a molecule to act as genetic material includes:
(i) It should be able to replicate.
(ii) It should be structurally and chemically stable.
(iii) It should be able to undergo slow mutations.
(iv) It should be able to express itself in the form of 'Mendelian characters'.

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One of the important factors which led to Mendel's success was