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Differentiate between dominance and recessive genes.

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Dominant gene: It is a gene which has the capacity to express in the hybrid condition.
Recessive gene: It is a gene which fails to express in the hybrid due lo the presence of a dominant gene.
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OSWAAL PUBLICATION-PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCE AND VARIATIONS -(TOPIC 1 ) (MENDEL.S LAWS OF INHERITANCE (SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS-I ))
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  2. Differentiate homozygous individual from heterozygous individual.

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  3. Differentiate between dominance and recessive genes.

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  4. Mention one difference between monohybrid and dihybrid cross.

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  5. Two heterozygous parents are crossed. If the two loci are linked what ...

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  6. A progeny of F1 is crossed with the homozygous recessive parent. What ...

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  7. In order to obtain the F1 generation, Mendel pollinated a true-breedin...

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  8. A, B,D are three independently assorting genes with their recessive al...

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  9. What is polygenic inheritance? Give an example

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  10. What are multiple alleles? Give an example.

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  11. Explain the following terms with examples: (a) Co-dominance (b) Incomp...

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  12. What is DNA polymorphism? Mention its siguificance.

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  13. If you are given a tall pea plant, how would you find out its genotype...

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  14. Define linkage. Who discovered linkage in Drosophila?

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  15. What do you understand by phenotype and genotype? Explain by giving an...

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  16. Describe the situation in which independent assortment of genes result...

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  17. When a red flowered. Antirrhinum plant was crossed with a white flower...

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  18. If a true breeding homozygous pea plant with green pod and axial flowe...

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  19. Give two reasons why Mendel chose garden pea for his experiments. Give...

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  20. State Mendel's law of segregation. Explain it with a suitable example.

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