A normal woman whose father was colour blind is married to normal visioned man. Their sons would be
1. 75% colour blind
2. 50% colour blind
3. 100% colour blind
4. All normal.

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For finding the different types of gametes produced by genotype AaBb, it should be crossed with genotype
1. AABB
2. aabb
3. AaBb
4. aaBB.

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A normal couple has seven children (2 daughters and 5 sons). Three of the sons suffer from a hereditary disorder but none of the daughters is affected. Which is the inheritance type
1. Sex-limited recessive
2. Autosomal dominant
3. Sex-linked dominant
4. Sex-linked recessive.

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A woman with normal vision but with colorblind father marries a colorblind man. The fourth child of the couple is a boy. This boy
1. May or may not be colorblind
2. Must be colorblind
3. Must have normal vision
4. Will be partially colorblind due to being heterozygous

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Phenotype of an organism is the result to
1. Mutations and linkages
2. Genotype and environment interactions
3. Cytoplasmic effects and nutrition
4. Environmental changes and sexual dimorphism.

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Cri-du-chat syndrome in humans is caused by
1. Trisomy of 21st chromosome
2. Loss of half of short arm of chromosome 5
3. Loss of half of long arm of chromosome 5
4. Fertilization of an XX egg by a normal Y- bearing sperm.

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Both sickle cell anaemia and Huntington’s chorea are
1. Virus related diseases
2. Bacteria related diseases
3. Congenital disorders
4. Pollution induced disorders

Subtopic:  Mendelian Disorders: Sickle Cell Anemia |
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R and Y genes of Maize lie very close to each other. When RRYY and rryy genotype are hybridised, F2 generation will show
1. Segregation in 9: 3 : 3 : 1 ratio
2. Segregation is 3 : 1 ratio
3. Higher number of parental types
4. Higher number of recombinant types

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Telomeres with repetitive DNA sequences
1. Act as replicons
2. Are transcription initiators
3. Help in chromosome pairing
4. Prevent chromosome loss.

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In pea, yellow seed colour is dominant over green colour. Heterozygous yellow seeded plant is crossed with green seeded plant. The ratio of yellow & green seeded offspring will be
1. 9 : 1
2. 1 : 3
3. 3 : 1
4.50 : 50

Subtopic:  Monohybrid Cross: 1 |
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