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Earn 100

Using the symbols G and g for the alleles for coat colour and D and d for the alleles for eye colour. A cross between the animals in the F1 generation (DdGg X DdGg) gives 9 : 3: 3 : 1 ratio. In the actual cross between the animals in the generation, the numbers of each phenotype obtained in the offspring were:

grey body, dark eyes  - 54

grey body, pale eyes   - 4

white body, dark eyes   - 4

white body, pale eyes  - 18

Use a chi-square test to determine whether the difference between these observed results is significant.

Important Questions on Inheritance

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Distinguish between the terms homozygous and heterozygous.
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In the sweet-pea plants, the gene A/a controls flower colour. The dominant allele gives purple flower and the recessive allele red flower. A second gene, B/b controls the shape of the pollen grains. The dominant allele gives elongated grains and the recessive allele spherical grains. A plant with the genotype AaBb was test crossed by interbreeding it with a plant with red flowers and spherical pollen grains.

Copy and complete the table to show the expected ratio of phenotypes of the offspring of this cross. The gametes from one parent are already in the table.

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With reference to the control of expression of the gene for β- galactosidase in Escherichia coli, explain the meaning of operon.
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With reference to the control of expression of the gene for β-galactosidase in Escherichia coli, explain the meaning of structural gene.
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With reference to the control of expression of the gene forβ-galactosidase in Escherichia coli, explain the meaning of the inducible enzyme.
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Explain how the presence of lactose in the environment causes the synthesis of β-galactosidase.
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Explain why it is advantageous to the bacterium to secrete β-galactosidase only when lactose is present.