Study the pedigree chart of a family showing the inheritance of myotonic dystrophy.

 

The trait under study is 

1. dominant X-linked

2. recessive X-linked

3. autosomal dominant

4. recessive Y-linked.

The ratio in a dihybrid test cross between two individuals is given by

(1) 2:1

(2) 1:2:1

(3) 3:1

(4) 1:1:1:1

A point mutation comprising the substitution of a purine by pyrimidine is called

(1) transition

(2) translocation

(3) deletion

(4) transversion

Pure line breed refers to

(1) heterozygosity only

(2) heterogyzosity and linkage

(3) homozygosity only

(4) homozygosity and self assortment.

Given below is a pedigree chart showing the inheritance of a certain sex-liniked trait in humans. 

The Trait traced in the above pedigree chart is 

(1) dominant X-linked 

(2) recessive X-linked

(3) dominant Y-linked

(4) recessive Y-linked

The "cri-du-chat" syndrome is caused by change in chromosome structure invloving

(1) deletion

(2) duplication

(3) inversion

(4) translocation

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

(1) None

(2) Less than 5 percent

(3) One third

(4) Half

XO-chromosomal abnormality in human beings causes

(1) Turner's syndrome

(2) Down's syndrome

(3) Kilnefelter's syndrome

(4) none of these.

If a homozygous red-flowered plant (dominant)is crossed with a homozygous white-flowered plant, the offsprings will be

(1) half-white flowered

(2) half red-flowered

(3) all white-flowered

(4) all red-flowered

Gene which suppresses other gene's activity but does not lie on the same locus is called as 

(1) epistatic

(2) supplemetary

(3) hypostatic

(4) codominant