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If Mendel had studied the seven traits using a plant with 12 chromosomes instead of 14, in what way would his interpretation have been different?

A

He could not discover independent assortment

B

He might have not discovered linkage

C

He might have discovered crossing-over

D

He might have not observed dominance

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ALLEN-GENETICS & MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE AND MUTATION-EXERCISE-I (CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS)
  1. Had Mendel decided to study those traits together which are determined...

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  2. Mendel formulated the laws of heredity considering seven pairs of cons...

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  3. If Mendel had studied the seven traits using a plant with 12 chromosom...

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  4. Linkage in plants was first shown in

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  5. With increasing age the linkage becomes :-

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  6. Coupling and repulsion theory of linkage was given by

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  7. If there were only parental combinations in F(2) of a dihybrid cross t...

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  8. Linkage was discovered by

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  9. A dihybrid plant with incomplete linkage on test corss may produce how...

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  10. How many linkage group are there in bacteria E. coli :-

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  11. If distance between gene on chromosome is more, then gene shows :-

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  12. Linked gene shows :-

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  13. The number of linkage groups in a cell having 10 pairs of chromosomes ...

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  14. Association of parental combination of characters in offspring in exce...

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  15. Complete linkage is found in

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  16. A phenomenon which works opposite to the linkage is

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  17. Cross over value (COV) of genes A and B is 5% while COV of genes B and...

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  18. In female Drosphila the linked gene exhibit recombination during meios...

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  19. TDF gene is a :-

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  20. A diseased mans marries a normal woman. They get three daughters and f...

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