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1. Linkage is maize was reported by
Bateson
Morgan
Hutchinson
Sinnot
2. The genes located on the same Chromosome that are inherited together are known as
Complementary genes
Supplementary genes
Mutant genes
Linked genes
3. In maize parental and recombinations are produced in the ratio of
50:50:00
9:07
96.4:3.6
1:7:7:1
4. The scientists who proved that Mendel's law of independent assortment is not universal
Morgan and Mendel
Chiasmata
Bateson and Punnet
Sinnot and Punnet
5. The adjacent non-sister chromatid remain in contact at certain points called
Locus
Chiasmata
Linkage
Coupling
6. Linkage is clear in
Paddy
Maize
Snapdragon
Sweet pea
7. Genes located on the same Chromosome do not separate independently because of
Crossing over
Linkage
Mutation
Factors interaction
8. Coupling and repulsion are experimented on fruit fly by
Bateson
Morgan
Punnet
Sinnot
9. Pairing of homologous chromosomes is called
Terminalisation
Linkage
Crossing over
Synapsis
10. The scientist who considered that the genes carried on the same chromosome remain linked as a group and are transmitted together through the gametes to the offspring
Hutchinson
Bateson
Morgan
Correns
11. The scientist who discovered that coupling and repulsion are two aspects of a single phenomenon called linkage is
Bateson
Mendel
Morgan
Punnet
12. Due to linkage in maize, the number of colourless shrunken seeds produced are
4032
4035
149
152
13. The Zoological name of fruit fly is
Drosophila melanogaster
Cicer gigas
Cicer arietinum
Mirabilis jalapa
14. Coupling and repulsion are two aspects of same phenomenon called
Linkage
Crossing over
Evolution
Variation
15. Homologous chromosomes exchange corresponding segments between non-sister chromatids during
Linkage
Crossing Over
Mutation
Epistasis
16. When two different genes come from the same parent they tend to remain together is called
Coupling
Repulsion
Linkage
Crossing over
17. Linkage is usually
Complete
Incomplete
Intermediate
Full
18. Due to linkage in maize, the number of coloured shrunken seeds produced are
4032
4035
149
152
19. In maize the genotype of colourless full seeds in
CcSs
Ccss
ccSs
ccss
20. Linkage usually gets broken due to
Mutation
Cross over
Epistasis
Variation
21. During crossing over, exchange of chromosomal or genetic material takes place between
two chromatids
two chromosomes
two non-sister chromatids of each tetrad
two sister chromatids of each homologue
22. In maize the genotype of coloured full seeds is
CcSs
Ccss
Ccss
ccss
23. The tendency of two different genes to remain apart if they come from two different parents is
Coupling
Repulsion
Linkage
Crossing over
24. Recombination of linked genes is accomplished by
Linkage
Epistasis
Mutation
Cross over
25. The genotype of colourless shrunken seeds in maize is
CcSs
ccss
Ccss
ccSs
26. Crossing Over occurs when the homologous chromosomes contain
One chromatid
Two chromatid
Four chromatid
Eight chromatid
27. The ratio obtained by Bateson and Punnet when they test crossed second time between blue long and red round in sweet pea
7:1:1:7
1:1:1:1
1:7:7:1
9:3:3:1
28. The ratio observed by Bateson and Punnet when they test crossed in sweet pea between BbLl and bbll was
9:3:3:1
9:07
7:1:1:7
12:03:01
29. The number of Chromosomal pairs in Drosophila melanogaster is
1 pair
2 pair
3 pair
4 pair
30. Crossing over plays an important role in the process of
Mutation
Heredity
Evolution
Variation
31. Mutation helps for
evolution
cell division
fertilization
protein synthesis
32. New combination of genes are produced due to
Linkage
Epistasis
Crossing over
Duplication
33. The mechanism that provides the basis for new varieties of plant is
Linkage
Crossing over
Epistasis
Repulsion
34. An important criterion for evolution of organisms is
Mutation
Heredity
Evolution
Variation
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