What are 'true breeding lines' that are used to study inheritance pattern of traits in plants?
True breeding line is one that, having undergone continuous self-pollination, shows the stable trait inheritance and expression for several generations.
Variations caused by mutation, as proposed by Hugo de Vries are
random and directionless
small and directional
small and directionless
random and directional
A.
random and directionless
According to Hugo de Vries, mutations are random and directionless. de Vries believed mutation caused speciation and hence called saltation (single step large mutation).
In Antirrhinum (Snapdragon), a red flower was crossed with a white flower and in F1 generation pink flowers were obtained. When pink flowers were selfed, the F2 generation showed white, red and pink flowers. Choose the incorrect statement from the following :
Pink colour in F1 is due to incomplete dominance.
Ratio of F2 is
Law of segregation does not apply in this experiment
This experiment does not follow the Priniciple of Dominance
C.
Law of segregation does not apply in this experiment
Genes for flower colour in snapdragon shows incomplete dominance which is an exception of Mendel's first principle i.e. Law of dominance whereas Law of segregation is universally applicable.
What is the genetic disorder in which an individual has an overall masculine development gynaecomastia, and is sterile ?
Klinefelter's syndrome
Edward syndrome
Down's syndrome
Turner's syndrome
A.
Klinefelter's syndrome
Individuals with Klinefelter’s syndrome have trisomy of sex chromosome as 44 + XXY (47). They show overall masculine development, gynaecomastia and are sterile.
The frequency of recombination between gene pairs on the same chromosome as a measure of the distance between genes was explained by :
Gregor J. Mendel
Alfred Sturtevant
Sutton Boveri
T.H. Morgan
B.
Alfred Sturtevant
Alfred Sturtevant explained chromosomal mapping on the basis of recombination frequency which is directly proportional to distance between two genes on same chromosome.