Ans. (a)
Sol. Non-homologous Chromosome The law of independent assortment holds true as long as two different genes are on separate chromosomes.
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Equal numbers of four different gametes will form $A B, a B, A b, a b$.
But if the two genes are on the same chromosome, then they will be linked and will segregate together during meiosis, producing only two kinds of gametes.
Genes A and B on different chromosomes Genes A and B on same chromosome
Ques. Occasionally, a single gene may express more than one effect.
(a) Multiple allelism (b) Mosaicism (c) Pleiotropy (d) Polygeny
Ans. (c)
Sol. Occasionally, a single gene may express more than one trait.
Mosaicism describes the occurrence of cells that differ in thier genetic component from other cells of the body.
Polygeny refers to a single characteristic that is controlled by more than two genes.
(It is also known as multifactorial inheritance).
Ques. In a certain taxon of insects some have 17 chromosomes and the others have 18 chromosomes.
(a) Males and females, respectively (b) Females and males, respectively (c) All males (d) All females
Sol. In certain insects, such as cockroach, and some roundworms, the Y-chromosome is missing so that the male has only one sex chromosome, i.e., ’ $X$ ‘.
Ques. The inheritance pattern of a gene over generations among humans is studied by the pedigree analysis.
(a) Quantitative trait (b) Mendelian trait (c) Polygenic trait (d) Maternal trait
Thinking Process
Ans. (b)
Sol. Mendelian inheritance in humans is difficult to study.
It is a visual tool for documenting the biological relationship in families and to determine the mode of inheritance (dominant, recessive etc.) of genetic diseases.
Whereas quantitative trait, polygenic trait and maternal traits are not studied by pedigree analysis.
Continuous traits are often measured and given a quantitative value, they are often referred as quantitative traits, e.g., crop yield, weight, gain in animals, $\mid Q$, etc.
Polygenic traits are another exception to mendels rule, which occurs when a trait is controlled by more than one gene.
This means that each dominant allele adds to the expression of the next dominant allele.
Ques. It is said that Mendel proposed that the factor controlling any character is discrete and independent.
(a) Results of $F_{3}$-generation of a cross (b) Observations that the offspring of a cross made between the plants having two contrasting characters shows only one character without any blending (c) Self-pollination of $\mathrm{F}_{1}$ offsprings (d) Cross-pollination of $\mathrm{F}_{1}$-generation with recessive parent
Sol.
Results of a dihybrid cross where the two parents differed in two pairs of contrasting traits seed colour and seed shape
Rest of the options does not support the Mendel’s low of segregation.
Ques. Two genes ’ $A$ ’ and ’ $B$ ’ are linked.
(a) $1: 1: 1: 1$ (b) $9: 3: 3: 1$ (c) $3: 1$ (d) $1: 1$
Sol. 1:1 It can be explained by the following test cross.
Genotypic ratio $-1: 1: 1$
The other options are incorrect.
Ques. In the $F_{2}$-generation of a Mendelian dihybrid cross the number of phenotypes and genotypes are
(a) Phenotypes-4, genotypes-16 (b) Phenotypes-9, genotypes-4 (c) Phenotypes-4, genotypes-8 (d) Phenotypes-4, genotypes-9
Ans. (d)
Sol. Mendel’s dihybrid cross
Ques. Mother and father of a person with ’ $O$ ’ blood group have ’ $A$ ’ and ’ $B$ ’ blood group respectively.
(a) Mother is homozygous for 'A' blood group and father is heterozygous for 'B' (b) Mother is heterozygous for ' $A$ ' blood group and father is homozygous for ' $B$ ' (c) Both mother and father are heterozygous for ' $A$ ' and ' $B$ ' blood group respectively (d) Both mother and father are homozygous for 'A' and 'B' blood group respectively
Sol. When a cross is carried out between heterozygous father (for blood group B) and heterozygous mother (of blood group A) to get four children with different blood groups.
Ques. What is the cross between the progeny of $\mathrm{F}_{1}$ and the homozygous recessive parent called?
Ans. When a progeny of $F_{1}$ is crossed with the homozygous recessive parent, it is called test cross.
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Ques. Do you think Mendel’s Laws of inheritance would have been different in the characters that he chose were located on the same chromosome.
Ans. If the characters are present on the same chromosome they would not assort independently as they are linked on the same chromosome.
Ques. Enlist the steps of controlled cross-pollination.
Ans. Steps of controlled cross-pollination are
(i) Selection of parents with desired characters.
(ii) Emasculation, i.e., if the female parent bears bisexual flowers, before dehiscence anther should be removed by forceps.
(iii) Bagging, i.e., emasculated flowers have to be covered with a bag of suitable size, generally made up of butter paper, to prevent contamination of its stigma with unwanted pollen.
(iv) When the stigma of bagged flower attains receptivity, mature pollen grains collected from anthers of the male parent are dusted on the stigma
(v) The flowers are rebagged and the fruits are allowed to develop.
Ques. A person has to perform crosses for the purpose of studying inheritance of a few traits/characters.
Ans. The criteria for selecting the organism to study inheritance are
(i) Easily visible and different traits
(ii) Short life span
(iii) Simple pollination procedure
(iv) Organisms must be true breeds
(v) Mating of gametes has to be random
(vi) Can be easily manipulated
Ques. The pedigree chart given below shows a particular trait which is absent in parents but present in the next generation irrespective of sexes.
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