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• In a test cross involving F1 dihybrid flies, more parental type offspring were produced than the recombination type offspring. This indicates __________ (a) The two genes are located on two different chromosomes (b) Chromosomes failed to separate during meiosis (c) The two genes are linked and present on the 1 some chromosome (d) Both of the characters are controlled by more than one gene
• Which of the following explains how progeny can posses the combinations of traits that none of the parent possessed? (a) Law of segregation (b) Chromosome theory (c) Law of independent assortment (d) Polygenic inheritance
• In his classic experiments on Pea plants, Mendel did not use __________ (a) Flowering position (b) Seed colour (c) Pod length (d) Seed shape
• Fruit colour in squash is an example of __________ (a) Recessive epistasis (b) Dominant epistasis (c) Complementary genes (d) Inhibitory genes
• Gregor Mendel __________ (i) was born in Czechoslovakia (ii) did his experiments in Pisum fulvum (iii) was the first systemic researcher in genetics (iv) Published his results in the paper “Experiments on Plant Hybrids”(a) All are correct (b) (ii),(iii), (iv) are correct (c) (i), (iii),(iv) are correct (d) (i), (iii),(iv) are correct
• Why Mendel selected pea plants for his experiments.
• Select the period for Mendel’s hybridization experiments. (a) 1856 – 1863 (b) 1850 – 1870 (c) 1857-1869 (d) 1870 – 1877
• In which plant does the incomplete dominance was studied by Carl Correns? Write the ratio of the cross.
• Result of incomplete dominance is __________ (а) Intermediate genotype (b) Intermediate phenotype (c) Recessive phenotype (d) Epistasis
• Give the names of the scientists who rediscovered Mendelism.