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The genotype of plant showing the dominant phenotype can be determined by 

  • test cross

  • dihybrid cross

  • pedigree analysis

  • pedigree analysis


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test cross

In Genetics, a test cross, first introduced by Gregor Mendel, is used to determine if an individual exhibiting a dominant trait is homozygous or heterozygous for that trait. More simply, test cross determines the genotype of an individual with a dominant phenotype. In some sources, the test cross is defined as being a type of back cross between the recessive homozygote and F1 generation

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Which one of the following is a wrong matching of a microbe and its industrial product, while the remaining three are correct? 

  • Yeast - statins

  • Acetobacter aceti - acid

  • Clostridium Butulicum - lactic acid

  • Clostridium Butulicum - lactic acid


Sweet potato is homologous to 

  • potato

  • colocasia

  • ginger

  • ginger


Which one of the following cannot be explained on the basis of Mendel's Law of Dominance? 

  • the discrete unit controlling a particular character is called a factor

  • Out of one pair of factors, one is dominant and the other recessive

  • Alleles do not show any blending and both the characters recover as such in F2 generation

  • Alleles do not show any blending and both the characters recover as such in F2 generation


Which one of the following conditions of the zygotic cell would lead to the birth of a normal human female child?

  • Two X - chromosomes 

  • Only one Y- chromosomes

  • Only one X - chromosome

  • Only one X - chromosome


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