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The Swedish Twin Register collected data on smoking behaviour for identical twins and non-identical twins who had been reared in the same or different families. Data for twin boys are shown in the table.
Which are more similar in their smoking behaviour-identical twins or non-identical twins?
The Swedish Twin Register collected data on smoking behaviour for identical twins and non-identical twins who had been reared in the same or different families. Data for twin boys are shown in the table.
Which are more similar in their smoking behaviour-twins reared together or twins reared apart?
The Swedish Twin Register collected data on smoking behaviour for identical twins and non-identical twins who had been reared in the same or different families. Data for twin boys are shown in the table.
From the above table, we can conclude non-identical twins reared together are similar to smoking behaviour. What conclusion we can draw from this?
Explain the term' variation in species'.
Match the column
Column A | Column B |
(i) Alleles | (a) DNA |
(ii) Inherited traits | (b) Eye colour |
(iii) Acquired traits | (c) Variant form of a gene |
(iv) The blueprint of life | (d) Swimming |
Which one of the following represents dwarf plant?
Assertion: Mendel successfully conducted his hybridisation experiments.
Reason: Garden pea was an ideal experimental material.
In the green gram, the development of two flowers at the axial position is a recessive character, while the development of a single flower at the axial position is a dominant character. If the dominant character is represented by 'SS' and the recessive by 'ss' then answer the following question:
Find out the phenotype ratio in the second generation (F2 generation) after crossing pure parental varieties.