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Principles of Inheritance and Variation

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Ques. 1AIPMT 2006

In Mendel's experiments with garden pea, round seed shape (RR) was dominant over wrinkled seeds (rr), yellow cotyledon (YY) was dominant over green cotyledon (yy). What are the expected phenotypes in the F2 generation of the cross RRYY × rryy?

  1. Round seeds with yellow cotyledons, and wrinkled seeds with yellow cotyledons
  2. Only wrinkled seeds with green cotyledons
  3. Only wrinkled seeds with yellow cotyledons
  4. Only round seeds with green cotyledons

Answer

(1) Round seeds with yellow cotyledons, and wrinkled seeds with yellow cotyledons

Solution

As per NCERT, RRYY rryy gives F1 = RrYy (round, yellow).

When the F1 is selfed (RrYy × RrYy), the two characters assort independently, so the F2 shows the ratio 9 : 3 : 3 : 1, i.e. 9 round yellow : 3 round green : 3 wrinkled yellow : 1 wrinkled green.

Hence round seeds with yellow cotyledons and wrinkled seeds with yellow cotyledons are both expected in the F2 (along with round green and wrinkled green), while options (2), (3) and (4) are wrong because no single phenotype appears 'only'.

Answer: (1)

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Ques. 2AIPMT 2006

How many different kinds of gametes will be produced by a plant having the genotype AABbCC?

  1. Two
  2. Nine
  3. Four
  4. Three
Ques. 3AIPMT 2006

Phenotype of an organism is the result of-

  1. Environmental changes and sexual dimorphism
  2. Cytoplasmic effects and nutrition
  3. Genotype and environment interactions
  4. Mutations and linkages
Ques. 4AIPMT 2006

Which one of the following is an example of polygenic inheritance?

  1. Skin colour in humans
  2. Pod shape in garden pea
  3. Production of male honey bee
  4. Flower colour in Mirabilis jalapa
Ques. 5AIPMT 2005

In order to find out the different types of gametes produced by a pea plant having the genotype AaBb, it should be crossed to a plant with the genotype -

  1. aaBB
  2. aabb
  3. AaBb
  4. AABB
Ques. 6AIPMT 2005

G-6-P dehydrogenase deficiency is associated with haemolysis of -

  1. RBCs
  2. Lymphocytes
  3. Platelets
  4. Leucocytes
Ques. 7AIPMT 2005

A man and a woman, who do not show any apparent signs of a certain inherited disease, have seven children (2 daughters and 5 sons). Three of the sons suffer from the given disease but none of the daughters are affected. Which of the following mode of inheritance do you suggest for this disease?

  1. Autosomal dominant
  2. Sex-linked recessive
  3. Sex-linked dominant
  4. Sex-limited recessive
Ques. 8AIPMT 2005

A woman with 47 chromosomes due to three copies of chromosome 21 is characterized by -

  1. Superfemaleness
  2. Turner's syndrome
  3. Triploidy
  4. Down's syndrome
Ques. 9AIPMT 2005

Haemophilia is more commonly seen in human males than in human females because -

  1. This disease is due to an X-linked dominant mutation
  2. This disease is due to a Y-linked recessive mutation
  3. This disease is due to an X-linked recessive mutation
  4. A greater proportion of girls die in infancy
Ques. 10AIPMT 2005

Which of the following is not a hereditary disease?

  1. Cretinism
  2. Cystic fibrosis
  3. Haemophilia
  4. Thalassemia
Ques. 11AIPMT 2005

A woman with normal vision, but whose father was colour blind, marries a colour blind man. Suppose that the fourth child of this couple was a boy. This boy -

  1. May be colour blind or may have normal vision
  2. Must have normal colour vision
  3. Must be colour blind
  4. Will be partially colour blind since he is heterozygous for the colour blind mutant allele.

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