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1. The branch of biology that deals with the study of transmission of hereditary materials from a generation to the next is




2. The revolutionary high yielding and disease resistant varieties of important crops are the products of




3. Haemophilia colour blindness and diabetes are the




4. Mendel performed experiments on garden pea




5. The youngest branch of biology and its history goes back to 1900 is




6. An applied branch of genetics is




7. The branch of biology which revolutioned several branches of sciences is




8. The tendency of offspring to differ is slight degree from their parents is called




9. Father of genetics




10. The branch of biology which helps in the understanding of many hereditary diseases is




11. Agriculture horticulture animal husbandry fisheries are revolutioned by




12. Mendel was born in the year




13. The mechanism of heredity was explained first by




14. The branch of biology which is concerned with the causes of resemblances and variations among related organisms is called




15. Brown eyed parent having a blue eyed child is due to




16. The inheritance of Characters of one generation by successive generations is known as




17. Mendel worked on pea plant for about




18. The branch of biology which opened a new era in the field of medical science is




19. The branch of biology which is concerned with biological inheritance is called




20. High yielding and disease resistant crops produced by plant breeding are




21. What is it called when characters are transmitted from parent to offspring form one generation to the other




22. Botanical name of pea plant is




23. The origin of Genetics owes to




24. Mendel explained the principles of heredity by hybridization experiments on




25. The discipline dealing with inheritance of characters is called




26. Mendel was born in a small village called




27. Mendel worked on a pea plant called




28. Parent with dark hair but having red hair child is due to




29. One of the youngest branches of biology is




30. Each parent carried �something� which controlled the appearance of a particular character is




31. Mendel�s contributions to genetics remained unknown for about




32. he character that did not express in the F1 generation is 4.




33. The character that appeared in the F1 generation is




34. Monohybrid genotypic ratio in Pisum sativum is




35. Monohybrid Phenotypic ratio in pea plants is




36. Mendel�s work was rediscovered in the year




37. Pod shape in pea plant is




38. Alternative forms of the same gene responsible for determining contrasting character is




39. The hybridization technique emasculation means the removal of




40. he paper Experiments in plant hybridization was placed before the Natural History Society in




41. The actual population of pea plants in F2 generation obtained by Mendel was




42. Seed coat colour in pea plant is




43. In a cross between two individuals pure for contrasting characters of a pair the character which is not represented in F1 generation is the




44. Self fertilization of F1 hybrids is to yield




45. Mendel transferred pollen from dwarf plants to the stigmas of tall plants and this cross is known as




46. Mendel called F1 tall plant as




47. Height of the dwarf pea plant selected by Mendel for his experiments was 65 cm 20.




48. Number of varieties in the pea plant observed by Mendel was 34




49. The principles of genetics explained by Mendel is known as ANSWER : : Mendelism 22.




50. Number of tall pea plants obtained in F2 generation of monohybrid cross was 277 787 4032 4035




51. Cotyledon colour in pea plant is 24




52. Mendel's work was rediscovered by 25.




53. The variety which gives rise to the same kind of offspring on self pollination for any number of generation is known as