Principles of Inheritance and Variation · Biology · NEET
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NEET 2014
A man whose father was colour blind marries a women who had a colour blind mother and
normal father. What percentage of male children of this couple w...
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Fruit colour in squash is an example of :
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A human female with Turner’s syndrome :
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A gene showing codominance has :
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A colour blind man marries a woman with
normal sight who has no history of colour
blindness in her family. What is the
probability of their grandson b...
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A pleiotropic gene -
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In his classic experiments on pea plants,
Mendel did not use :
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The term "linkage" was coined by -
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In the following human pedigree, the filled
symbols represent the affected individuals.
Identify the type of given pedigree.
...
NEET 2024 (Re-Examination)
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: When many alleles of a single gene govern a character, it is called polygenic inheritance.
Statement II: ...
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Match List-I with List-II:
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When a tall pea plant with round seeds was selfed, it produced the progeny of :
(a) Tall plants with round seeds and
(b) Tall plants with wrinkled see...
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Aneuploidy is a chromosomal disorder where chromosome number is not the exact copy of its haploid set of chromosomes, due to :
A. Substitution
B. Addi...
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The mother has $$\mathrm{A}+$$ blood group the father has $$\mathrm{B}+$$ and the child is $$\mathrm{A}+$$. What can be the possibility of genotypes o...
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Which one of the following can be explained on the basis of Mendel's Law of Dominance?
A. Out of one pair of factors one is dominant and the other is ...
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A pink flowered Snapdragon plant was crossed with a red flowered Snapdragon plant. What type of phenotype/s is/are expected in the progeny?
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In a plant, black seed color $$(\mathrm{BB} / \mathrm{Bb})$$ is dominant over white seed color $$(\mathrm{bb})$$. In order to find out the genotype of...
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Match List I with List II
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As per ABO blood grouping system, the blood group of father is $$\mathrm{B}^{+}$$, mother is $$\mathrm{A}^{+}$$ and child is $$\mathrm{O}^{+}$$. Their...
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Match List - I with List - II.
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A heterozygous pea plant with violet flowers was crossed with homozygous pea plant with white flower. Violet is dominant over white. Which one of the ...
NEET 2023 Manipur
In which disorder change of single base pair in the
gene for beta globin chain results in change of
glutamic acid to valine ?
NEET 2023 Manipur
A certain plant homozygous for yellow seeds and
red flowers was crossed with a plant homozygous
for green seeds and white flowers. The F1 plants had...
NEET 2023 Manipur
Select the correct statement/s with respect to
mechanism of sex determination in Grasshopper.
(A) It is an example of female heterogamety.
(B) Ma...
NEET 2023
Frequency of recombination between gene pairs on same chromosome as a measure of the distance
between genes to map their position on chromosome, was ...
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The phenomenon of pleiotropism refers to
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Which of the following statements are correct about Klinefelter’s Syndrome?
A. This disorder was first described by Langdon Down (1866).
B. Such an in...
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Broad palm with single palm crease is visible in a person suffering from-
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Which one of the following symbols represents mating between relatives in human pedigree analysis?
NEET 2022 Phase 2
Given below are two statements:
Statement I : Sickle cell anaemia and haemophilia are autosomal dominant traits.
Statement II : Sickle cell anaemia an...
NEET 2022 Phase 2
In meiosis, crossing over and exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes are catalyzed by the enzyme
NEET 2022 Phase 2
The chromosomal theory of inheritance was proposed by
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What is the expected percentage of F2 progeny with yellow and inflated pod in dihybrid cross experiment involving pea plants with green coloured, infl...
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If a female individual is with small round head, furrowed tongue, partially open mouth and broad palm with characteristic palm crease. Also the physic...
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Select the incorrect match regarding the symbols used in the Pedigree analysis:
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A normal girl, whose mother is haemophilic marries a male with no ancestral history of haemophilia. What will be the possible phenotypes of the offspr...
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XO type of sex determination can be found in :
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Given below are two statements:
Statement I : Mendel studied seven pairs of contrasting traits in pea plants and proposed the Laws of Inheritance.
Sta...
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Which of the following occurs due to the presence of autosome linked dominant trait?
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Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Mendel's law of independent...
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If a colour blind female marries a man whose mother was also colour blind, what are the chances of her progeny having colour blindness?
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The recombination frequency between the genes a & c 5&, b & c is 15%, b & d is 9%, a & b is 20%, c & d is 25% and a & d is 29%. What will be the seque...
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The production of gametes by the parents, formation of zygotes, the F1 and F2 plants, can be understood from a diagram called :
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Now-a-days it is possible to detect the mutated gene causing cancer by allowing radioactive probe to hybridise its complimentary DNA in a clone of cel...
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In a cross between a male and female, both heterozygous for sickle cell anaemia gene, what percentage of the progeny will be diseased?
NEET 2020 Phase 1
Experimental verification of the chromosomal
theory of inheritance was done by
NEET 2020 Phase 1
Select the correct match
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How many true breeding pea plant varieties
did Mendel select as pairs, which were similar
except in one character with contrasting
traits?
NEET 2019
In Antirrhinum (Snapdragon), a red flower was crossed with a white flower and in F1 generation, pink
flowers were obtained. When pink flowers were sel...
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The frequency of recombination between gene pairs on the same chromosome as a measure of the distance
between genes was explained by :
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What is the genetic disorder in which an individual has an overall masculine development, gynaecomastia,
and is sterile?
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What map unit (Centimorgan) is adopted in the construction of genetic maps?
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A gene locus has two alleles A, a. If the frequency of dominant allele A is 0.4, then what will be the
frequency of homozygous dominant, heterozygous ...
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Select the incorrect statement.
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Which of the following characteristics represent 'Inheritance of blood groups' in humans?
a. Dominance
b. Co-dominance
c. Multiple allele
d. Incom...
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Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched?
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A woman has an X-linked condition on one of
her X chromosomes. This chromosome can be
inherited by
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Thalassemia and sickle cell anemia are caused due to a problem in globin molecule synthesis. Select the correct statement.
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The genotypes of a Husband and Wife are IAIB and IAi.
Among the blood types of their children, how many different genotypes and phenotypes are possibl...
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A disease caused by an autosomal primary non-disjunction is :
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Which one from those given below is the period for Mendel’s hybridisation experiments ?
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Among the following characters, which one was
not considered by Mendel in his experiments on
pea?
NEET 2016 Phase 2
The mechanism that causes a gene to move from one linkage group to another is called
NEET 2016 Phase 2
If a colour-blind man marries a woman who is homozygous for normal colour vision, the probability of their
son being colour-blind is
NEET 2016 Phase 1
In a testcross involving F1 dihybrid flies, more parental-type offspring were produced than the recombinant-typeoffspring. This indicates
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Which of the following most appropriately describes haemophilia ?
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Match the terms in Column-I with their description in Column-II and choose the correct option :
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A cell at telophase stage is observed by a student in a plant brought from the field. He tells his teacher that this cell
is not like other cells at t...
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Pick out the correct statements :
(a) Haemophilia is a sex-linked recessive disease.
(b) Down's syndrome is due to aneuploidy.
(c) Phenylketonuria is ...
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A tall true breeding garden pea plant is crossed with a dwarf true breeding garden pea plant. When the F1 plants
were selfed the resulting genotypes w...
AIPMT 2015 Cancelled Paper
The movement of a gene from one linkage group
to another is called
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Alleles are
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A man with blood group ‘A’ marries a woman
with blood group ‘B’. What are all the possible
blood groups of their offsprings?
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How many pairs of contrasting characters in pea
plants were studied by Mendel in his
experiments?
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Multiple alleles are present
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An abnormal human baby with ‘XXX’ sex
chromosomes was born due to
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
Down's syndrome in humans is due to :
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Which one is the incorrect statement with regards
to the importance of pedigree analysis?
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Select the incorrect statement with regard to Haemophilia is :
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Which idea is depicted by a cross in which the F1
generation resembles both the parents?
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If two persons with 'AB' blood group marry and have sufficiently large number of children, these children
could be classified as 'A' blood group : 'AB...
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Which of the following cannot be detected in a developing foetus by amniocentesis ?
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If both parents are carriers for thalessemia, which is an autosomal recessive disorder, what are the chances of
pregnancy resulting in an affected chi...
AIPMT 2012 Mains
Represented below is the inheritance pattern of the certain type of traits in humans. Which one of the
following conditions could be an example of thi...
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A test cross is carried out to :
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Which one of the following is a wrong statement regarding mutations ?
AIPMT 2012 Prelims
A normal - visioned man whose father was colour bilind, marries a woman whose father was also
colour - blind. They have their first child as a daughte...
AIPMT 2012 Prelims
F2 generation in a Mendelian cross showed that both genotypic and phenotypic ratios are same as 1 : 2
: 1. It represents a case of
AIPMT 2011 Mains
Which one of the following conditions of the
zygotic cell would lead to the birth of a normal
human female child ?
AIPMT 2011 Mains
Test cross in plants or in Drosophila involves
crossing :
AIPMT 2011 Prelims
When two unrelated individuals or lines are
crossed, the per romance of F1 hybrid is often
superior to both parents. This phenomenon is
called :
AIPMT 2011 Prelims
Which one of the following conditions correctly
describes the manner of determining the sex ?
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Mutations can be induced with :
AIPMT 2010 Mains
ABO blood grouping is controlled by gene I
which has three alleles and show co-dominance.
There are six genotypes. How many phenotypes
in all are poss...
AIPMT 2010 Mains
Study the pedigree chart of a certain family
given below and select the correct conculusion
which can be drawn for the character –
...
AIPMT 2010 Mains
A cross in which an organism showing a
dominant phenotype in crossed with the
recessive parent in order to know its genotype is
called -
AIPMT 2010 Mains
In antirrhinum two plants with pink flowers were
hybridized. The F1 plants produced red, pink and
white flowers in the proportion of 1 red, 2 pink
and...
AIPMT 2010 Prelims
Which one of the following symbols and its
representation, used in human pedigree
analysis is correct –
AIPMT 2010 Prelims
ABO blood groups in humans are controlled by
the gene I. It has three alleles – IA, IB
and i.
Since there are three different alleles, six
different ...
AIPMT 2010 Prelims
Select the correct statement from the ones given
below with respect to dihybrid cross –
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The genotype of a plant showing the dominant
phenotype can be determined
by –
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Which one of the following cannot be explained
on the basis of Mendel's Law of Dominance?
AIPMT 2009
Select the incorrect statement from the
following :
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Sickle-cell anemia is :
AIPMT 2009
The genetic defect-adenosine deaminase (ADA)
deficiency may be cured permanently by
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The most popularly known blood grouping is
the ABO grouping. It is named ABO and not
ABC, because "O" in it refers to having :
AIPMT 2009
Study the pedigree chart given below :
What does it show ? ...
AIPMT 2008
Which one of the following conditions in
humans is correctly matched with its
chromosomal abnormality/linkage?
AIPMT 2008
Haploids are more suitable for mutation studies
than the diploids. This is because:
AIPMT 2007
A human male produces sperms with the
genotypes AB, Ab, AB, and ab pertaining to two
diallelic characters in equal proportions. What is
the correspond...
AIPMT 2007
In pea plants, yellow seeds are dominant to
green. If a heterozygous yellow seeded plant is
crossed with a green seeded plant, what ratio of
yellow an...
AIPMT 2007
Inheritance of skin colour in humans is an
example of:-
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A common test to find the genotype of a hybrid
is by:-
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In the hexaploid wheat, the haploid(n) and
basic(x) numbers of chromosomes are :
AIPMT 2006
Test cross involves-
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Both sickle cell anemia and Huntington's chorea
are-
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If a colour blind woman marries a normal visioned
man, their sons will be
AIPMT 2006
Cri-du-chat syndrome in humans is caused by
the-
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In Mendel's experiments with garden pea, round
seed shape (RR) was dominant over wrinkled
seeds (rr), yellow cotyledon (YY) was dominant
over green co...
AIPMT 2006
Sickle cell anaemia has not been eliminated from
the African population because-
AIPMT 2006
How many different kinds of gametes will be
produced by a plant having the genotype
AABbCC ?
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Which one of the following is an example of
polygenic inheritance ?
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Phenotype of an organism is the result of-
AIPMT 2005
In order to find out the different types of
gametes produced by a pea plants having the
genotype AaBb, it should be crossed to a plant
with the genoty...
AIPMT 2005
G-6-P dehydrogenase deficiency is associated
with haemolysis of -
AIPMT 2005
A man and a woman, who do not show any
apparent signs of a certain inherited disease,
have seven children (2 daughter and 5 sons).
Three of the sons s...
AIPMT 2005
A women with 47 chromosomes due to three
copies of chromosome 21 is characterized by -
AIPMT 2005
Haemophilia is more commonly seen in human
males than in human females because -
AIPMT 2005
A woman with normal vision, but whose father
was colour bind, marries a colour blind man.
Suppose that the fourth child of this couple was
a boy. This...
AIPMT 2005
Which of the following is not a hereditary
disease ?
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A women with 47 chromosomes due to three
copies of chromosome 21 is characterized by
AIPMT 2004
In a plant, red fruit (R) is dominant over yellow
fruit (r) and tallness (T) is dominant over
shortness (t). If a plant with RRTt genotype is
crossed ...
AIPMT 2004
A male human is heterozygous for autosomal
genes A and B and is also hemizygous for
hemophilic gene h. What proportion of his
sperms will be abh :-
AIPMT 2004
Lack of independent assortment of two genes A
and B in fruit fly Drosophila is due to :-
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One of the parents of a cross has a mutation in
its mitochondria. In that cross, that parent is
taken as a male. During segregation of F2
progenies th...
AIPMT 2004
A normal woman, whose father was colour-blind
is married to a normal man. The sons would be :-
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The recessive genes located on X-chromosomes
in humans are always-
AIPMT 2003
Which one of the following traits of garden pea
studied by Mendel was a recessive feature ?
AIPMT 2003
The genes controlling the seven pea characters
studied by Mendel are now known to be located
on how many different chromosomes ?
AIPMT 2003
Two crosses between the same pair of genotypes
or phenotypes in which the sources of the
gametes are reversed in one cross, is known as : -
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Pattern baldness, moustaches and beard in
human males are examples of : -
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In Drosophila, the sex is determined by : -
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Down's syndrome is caused by an extra copy of
chromosome number 21. What percentage of
offspring produced by an affected mother and a
normal father wo...
AIPMT 2003
Which one of the following conditions though
harmful in itself, is also a potential saviour from
a mosquito borne infectious disease ?
AIPMT 2002
Which of the following is the example of
pleiotropy ?
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There are three genes a, b and c. The percentage
of crossing over between a and b is 20%, b and c
is 28% and a and c is 8%. What is the sequence
of ge...
AIPMT 2002
On selfing a plant of F1 generation with
genotype “AABbCC”,the genotypic ratio in
F2 generation will be
AIPMT 2002
A gene said to be dominant if : -
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A diseased man marries a normal woman. They
get three daughter and five sons. All the
daughter were diseased and sons were normal.
The gene of this di...
AIPMT 2002
Which of the following is a correct match -
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Two nonallelic genes produces the new
phenotype when present together but fail to do so
independently then it is called : -
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Ratio of complementry genes is : -
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When dominant and recessive allels express
itself together it is called : -
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A and B genes are linked. What shall be
genotype of progeny in a cross between AB/ab
and ab/ab : -
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Independent assortment of genes does not takes
place when : -
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Number of Barr bodies in XXXX female is
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Sickle cell anaemia is induce to : -
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Male XX and female XY sometime occur due to
AIPMT 2001
Probability of four son to a couple is : -
AIPMT 2000
According to mendelism which character is
showing dominance ?
AIPMT 2000
Due to the cross between TTRr × ttrr the
resultant progenies showed how many percent
plants tall, red flowered :
AIPMT 2000
Mongolian idiots are due to trisomy in 21st
chromosome is called :
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Erythroblastosis foetalis is caused when :
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In Drosophila the XXY condition leads to
femaleness whereas in human beings the same
condition leads to Klienfelter's syndrome in
male. It proves :