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Genetics and Evolution - 1

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Tags: Genetics and Evolution - 1 Human Evolution Origin and Evolution of Man Origin of Life Theories of Origin of Life Mutation Meiosis 1 Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance
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Chiasmata formation in Drosophila

  1. generally takes place in males and females

  2. takes place only in males

  3. never or rarely takes place in males

  4. never or rarely take place in females


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In Drosophila, the situation is very different.

In which of the following crosses will the progenies obtained be fifty percent homozygous recessive and fifty percent heterozygous?

  1. TT x Tt

  2. Tt x Tt

  3. Tt x tt

  4. TT x tt


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In this condition the progenies obtained will be fifty percent homozygous recessive and fifty percent heterozygous.

Haploid chromosome number is 10. What will be its monosomy?

  1. 18

  2. 19

  3. 21

  4. 17

  5. 23


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Monosomy means 2n - 1, i.e. (2 X 10) - 1 = 20 - 1 = 19. 

Directions: The following question has four choices out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

The genetic codes representing amino acid valine are

  1. GGU,GGC,GGA,GGG

  2. CUU,CUC,CUA,CUG

  3. GCU,GCC,GCA,GCG

  4. GUU,GUC,GUA,GUG

  5. GCU,GCC,GCA,GGG


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

GUU,GUC,GUA,GUG represents valine.

‘Gametes are never hybrid’. It is a statement of the law of

  1. dominance

  2. segregation

  3. independent assortment

  4. random fertilisation

  5. linkage


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

‘Gametes are never hybrid’. It is a statement of law of segregation. 

A Barr body is present in a male child. The syndrome most likely to occur is

  1. Klinefelter’s syndrome

  2. Down’s syndrome

  3. Turner's syndrome

  4. Edward’s syndrome

  5. Trisomy


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A normal female with XX chromosomes has one Barr body. A normal male (XY) has none. Abnormal males with three XXY (Klinefelters' syndrome) have one Barr body.

A cross between yellow round and green wrinkled seed pea plants gave the following four types of progeny in equal proportions: yellow round, yellow wrinkled, green round and green wrinkled. The genotypes of the parents in this case must be

  1. YYRR X yyrr

  2. YyRr X yyrr

  3. YYRR X YYRR

  4. YyRr X YYRR

  5. yyrr X yyrr


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

YyRr X yyrr produces yellow round, yellow wrinkled, green round and green wrinkled progeny.

DNA generally acts as a template for the synthesis of

  1. protein only

  2. DNA only

  3. RNA only

  4. RNA and DNA both


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

DNA generally acts as a template for the synthesis of DNA during replication and RNA during transcription. DNA does not act as a template for the synthesis of protein.

Sex-influenced genes are coded by

  1. autosomal genes

  2. X linked genes

  3. Y linked genes

  4. epistatic genes

  5. none of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sex-influenced traits are autosomal traits that are influenced by sex.

Phenylketonuria is a genetic disorder of

  1. trisomic condition

  2. monosomic dominant gene

  3. autosomal dominant gene

  4. autosomal recessive gene

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a caused due to mutation in gene on chromosome 12.Gene codes for phenylalanine hydroxylase that breaks phenylalanine into other products.

Which of the following is a living fossil?

  1. Euglena

  2. Limulus

  3. Sycon

  4. Balanoglossus

  5. Herdmania


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  Limulus is a living fossil.A living fossil is a living species (or clade) of organism that appears to be similar to a species otherwise known only from fossils. Normally the similarity is only a superficial physical resemblance between two different species, one extinct, the other extant.

Teminism is a phenomenon which refers to

  1. mutual activity of operator and promoter genes

  2. central biological dogma

  3. reverse transcription

  4. transduction in bacteria


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Reverse transcription is the formation of DNA from RNA by enzyme reverse transcriptase. This phenomenon was discovered by ‘Tamin and Baltimone’ and thus, known as ‘Teminism’.

Xenia refers to

  1. effect of pollen on stem

  2. effect of pollen on taste of fruit

  3. effect of pollen on vascular tissue

  4. effect of pollen on endosperm

  5. effect of pollen on leaves


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Xenia is the effect of pollen on endosperm. It is the effect such as increase in size on the embryo or endosperm of a plant  resulting from fertilisation with the pollen of a genetically distinct variety.

When chromosome sets are present in multiples of ‘n’, the condition is called

  1. polyploidy

  2. aneuploidy

  3. euploidy

  4. diploidy

  5. monoploidy


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When chromosome sets are present in multiples of ‘n’, the condition is called euploidy.

Which of the following chromosome numbers is present in a trisomic individual?

  1. 2n + 1

  2. 2n - 1

  3. 2n - 2

  4. 2n + 2


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This indicates that there is an extra chromosome in the diploid.

In DNA, two nucleotides are linked by

  1. hydrogen bonds

  2. peptide bonds

  3. disulphide bonds

  4. phosphate diester bonds


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In DNA, two nucleotides are linked by phosphate diester bonds.

Loss of one chromosome from one set is called

  1. tetrasomy

  2. nullisomy

  3. monosomy

  4. trisomy


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It is the loss of one chromosome from a set.

The addition or deletion of one or more chromosomes in a set is called

  1. euploidy

  2. aneuploidy

  3. polyploidy

  4. heteroploidy


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It is the state of having abnormal number of chromosomes.

‘Homo erectus’ is the zoological name of

  1. Cro-Magnon man

  2. Peking man

  3. Nut cracker man

  4. Neanderthal man

  5. None of the above.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 ‘Homo erectus’ is the zoological name of Peking man.

Theory of spontaneous creation was supported by

  1. Van Helmont

  2. Redi

  3. Spallanzani

  4. Pasteur


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Theory of spontaneous generation was supported by Van Helmont. He insisted that knowledge of the natural world could be obtained only by experimentation.

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