Home
Class 12
BIOLOGY
The hominid fossil 'Lucy' belongs to...

The hominid fossil 'Lucy' belongs to

A

Ramapithecous

B

Australopithecus

C

Dryopithecus

D

Aegyptopithecus.

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
B
Pleiotropy. (i) Vestigial gene in Drosophila decreases the size of wings, and modifies halters, number of eff strings and direction of certain bristles. (ii) In human being a pleiotropic gene causes Marfan's syndrome with slender body, elongation of limbs, hypermobility of joints, dislocation of lens and susceptibility of heart deeases.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • HUMAN EVOLUTION

    DINESH PUBLICATION ENGLISH|Exercise Check Your Grasp|10 Videos

  • HUMAN EVOLUTION

    DINESH PUBLICATION ENGLISH|Exercise Brain Teasers-VII|181 Videos

  • GROWTH, REPAIR, REGENERATION AND AGEING

    DINESH PUBLICATION ENGLISH|Exercise Brain Teasers-VI[B]|6 Videos

  • HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE

    DINESH PUBLICATION ENGLISH|Exercise CHECK YOUR GRASP|17 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

A well preserved and most complete homonid fossil named Lucy belongs to the genus

One of the oldest, best preserved and most complete hominid fossil commonly known as 'lucy' belongs to the genus

A fossil is a

A living fossil is

A living fossil is

Living fossil:-

Define fossils.

the earliest evidence of use of fire by hominids belongs to species

Evidences for evolution from fossils belong to the domain of

The hominid primate, whose fossil bones were discovered along with Australopithecus, but with different features and existed about 2 million years ago