Question

Grain colour in wheat is determined by three pairs of polygenes. Following cross AABBCC (dark colour) x aabbcc (light colour), in F2 generation what proportion of the progeny is likely to resemble either parent

A. None

B. Less than 5 per cent

C. One third

D. Half

Answer : Less than 5 per cent

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Releted Question 1

Experimental verification of the chromosomal theory of inheritance was done by

A. Sutton

B. Boveri

C. Morgan

D. Mendel

Releted Question 2

Embryological support for evolution was disapproved by

A. Alfred Wallace

B. Charles Darwin

C. Oparin

D. Karl Ernst von Baer

Releted Question 3

The production of gametes by the parents, the formation of zygotes, the $${F_1}$$ and $${F_2}$$ plants, can be understood using

A. Wenn diagram

B. Pie diagram

C. A pyramid diagram

D. Punnet square

Releted Question 4

In a marriage between male with blood group $$A$$ and female with blood group $$B,$$ the progeny had either blood group $$AB$$ or $$B.$$ What could be the possible genotype of parents?

A. IA i (Male) ; IB i (Female)

B. IA i (Male) ; IB IB (Female)

C. IA IA (Male) ; IB IB (Female)

D. IA IA (Male) ; IB i (Female)

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