Terminologies Used in Genetics

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Terminologies Used in Genetics: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Gene, Alleles, Phenotype, Genotype, Test Cross, Back Cross, Dominant Trait, Recessive Trait, Gene Locus, Genetic Trait, Homozygous Trait and, Heterozygous Trait

Important Questions on Terminologies Used in Genetics

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Mating of an organism to a double recessive in order to determine whether it is homozygous or heterozygous for a character under consideration is called

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Pure line breed refers to ____.

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Which one of the following genotypes can form only 2 different types of gametes?

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The below diagram represents

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The recessive character of Mendel was

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If after a cross, a particular plant produces 50% dominant characters and 50% recessive characters, the probable genotypes of the parents would be

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A heterozygous tall plant which produces round seed RR is crossed with a homozygous dwarf plant which produces wrinkled seeds. The offspring would be in the phenotypic ratio:

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In a plant, red flower R is dominant over yellow flower r and tallness T dominant over shortness t. A plant with RRTt genotype is crossed with plant of rrtt genotype. The progeny is:

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How would you test a pea plant whether it is pure or hybrid for tallness?

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From the given statements, find the correct option:

I. Test crosses are used to determine the unknown genotype of an organism within one breeding generation.

II. Test cross is a cross between F1 hybrid and dominant or recessive parents.

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An allele that mask the effect of another allele is called

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Genetically identical progeny is produced when an individual :

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How many different kinds of gametes will be produced by a plant having the genotype AABbCC?
 

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In an organism, tall phenotype is dominant over recessive dwarf phenotype and the alleles are designated as T and t, respectively. Upon crossing two different individuals, total 250 offsprings were obtained, out of which 124 displayed tall phenotype and rest were dwarf. Thus, the genotype of the parents were

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The hereditary characters are due to

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Find out the statements that come under the scope of genetics from the following.

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'One gene one enzyme' concept was put forward by:

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The term "genotype" was coined by

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Who coined the term "gene"?

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If a cross made between two individuals produces offspring with 50% dominant character A and 50% recessive character (a), then the genotypes of the parents are