Multiple Choice QuestionsIf a homozygous red-flowered plant is crossed with a homozygous white-flowered plant, the offsprings will be
half- white flowered
half- red flowered
all white flowered
all red flowered
Gene which suppresses other gene's activity but does not lie on the same locus is called as
epistatic
supplementary
hypostatic
codominant
Pure line breed refers to
heterozygosity only
heterozygosity and linkage
homozygosity only
homozygosity and self assortment
Which part of the world has a high density of organism?
Deciduous forests
Grasslands
Tropical rain forests
Savannahs
Assertion : Haemophilia is a recessive sex linked disease.
Reason : Haemophilia occurs due to mutation of a structural gene on chromosome 15.
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Haemophilia is also known as bleeder disease. It is an example of sex linked inheritance in humans. It is either of two hereditary disorders in which the blood clots very slowly, due to a deficiency of either of two coagulation factors -
The patient may experience prolonged bleeding following any injury or wound, and in severe cases there is spontaneous bleeding into muscles and joints. It is controlled by a sex-linked gene, which means that it is almost exclusively restricted to males; women can carry the disease- and pass it on to their sons- without being affected themselves. The genes encoding factors VIII and IX have been used in gene therapy trials for haemophilia.
Mutations of a structural gene on chromosome 15 is the molecular basis of Marfan syndrome. It is due to dominant mutation resulting in the production of abnormal form of connective tissues and characteritic extreme looseness of joints.
Assertion : Antigen can be easily recognized because it has antigenic determinants.
Reason : The recognition ability is innate.
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Assertion : The earliest fossil form in the phylogeny of horse is eohippus.
Reason : Eohippus lived during the early pliocene epoch.
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Assertion : Pollution is always caused by human activities.
Reason : Pollution is not different from contamination.
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Assertion : Chlorofluorocarbons are responsible for ozone depletion.
Reason : Ozone level decreases by as much as 67% every year.
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Assertion : Vegetable oils are fats which are present in plant cells in soluble form.
Reason : Vegetable oils occur only in cells of embryo.
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