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121.

A person who is trisomic for twenty first pair of chromosome suffers from

  • Klinefelter's syndrome

  • Down's syndrome

  • Turner's syndrome

  • None of the above


122.

In which blood group antigen are absent

  • O

  • A

  • B

  • AB


123.

Which one of the following can help in the diagnosis of a genetical disorder?

  • ELISA

  • ABO blood group

  • PCR

  • NMR


124.

The children of a haemophilic man and a normal woman are

  • all haemophilic

  • only daughters are haemophilic

  • only sons are haemophilic

  • neither sons nor daughters are haemophilic


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125.

If a plant having yellow or round seeds was crossed with another plant having green and wrinkled seeds then F, progeny are in the ratio

  • 15 : 1

  • 1 : 15

  • 1 : 13

  • all yellow and round seeds


126.

A man of blood group 'A', marries a woman of blood group 'B', both of them are heterozygous for blood group, chances of their first child having blood group AB will be

  • 25%

  • 50%

  • 75%

  • 100%


127.

2n-1 condition represent

  • tetrasomy

  • trisomy

  • monosomy

  • multisomy


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128.

2n - 1 condition is called

  • trisomy

  • monosomy

  • nullisomy

  • tetrasomy


B.

monosomy

2n - 1 condition represents diploid set of chromosomes having loss of one chromosome, the presence of one unpaired chromosomes along with diploid set is called monosomy.

Trisomy is a chromosomal disorder characterized by an additional chromosome. Eg. Down syndrome.

 Nullisomy is a genetic condition involving the lack of both the normal chromosomal pairs for a species. This condition is represented by 2n - 2.

Tetrasomy is a form of aneuploidy with the presence of four copies, instead of normal two, of particular chromosomes.


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129.

When paternal and maternal chromosomes change their materials with each other in cell division this event is called

  • synapsis

  • crossing over

  • bivalent forming

  • dyad- forming


130.

Which of the following conditions represents a case of codominant genes

  • A gene expresses itself, suppressing the phenotypic effect of its alleles.

  • Genes that are similar in phenotypic effect when present separately, but when together interact to produce a different trait.

  • Alleles, both of which interact to produce a trait, which may or may not resemble either of the parental types.

  • Alleles, each of which produces an independent effect in a heterozygous condition.


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