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The law of independent assortment is proved by:
  • A
    All progeny of F₁-generation are long plants in 3:1.
  • B
    Appearance of tall and dwarf
  • Appearance of smooth and wrinkled seeds in F, 2 generation
  • D
    Appearance of tall and dwarf plants in F generation

Answer: C.

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In polygenic inheritance, the example of effect of environment is:
  • Human skin colour
  • B
    Down's syndrome
  • C
    Phenylketonuria
  • D
    Klienfelter syndrome

Answer: A.

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Two heterozygous parents are crossed. If two loci are linked what would be the distrubution of phenotypic features in F1 generation for a dihybrid cross.
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When a cross is made between tall plant with yellow seeds (TtYy) and tall plant with green seeds (Ttyy), what proportions of phenotypes in the offsprings could be expected to be:
(i) tall and green
(ii) dwarf and green
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Using a Punnett Square, workout the distribution of phenotypic features in the first filial generation after a cross between a homozygous female and a heterozygous male for a single locus.
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A child has blood group 'O'. If the father has blood group A and mother blood group B, work out the genotypes of the parents and the possible genotypes of the other offsprings.
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