Fundamentals of Genetics

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1. The geometrical device that helps to find out all the possible combinations of male and female gametes is known as
2. Mendel's findings were rediscovered by
3. When an individual has both the genes of a contrasting character, it is said to be
4. When two individuals differing in atleast one character are crossed, the process is known as
5. Which one of the following is a phenotypic monohybrid ratio in F2 generation?
6. What is the effect of sexual reproduction?
7. The crossing of F1 to any of the parent is known as
8. A cross was made between tall and dwarf plants. In F1 generation, all plants were tall, when the F1 plants were self pollinated, the tall and dwarf plants appeared in 3:1 ratio in F2 generation. This phenomenon is known as
9. Genetics is a branch of Biology dealing with
10. The alternative form of a gene is
11. DNA structure was discovered by
12. Chromosomal aberrations are caused by
13. An exception to Mendel's law is
14. Pea plants were used in Mendel's experiments because
15. The genotypic ratio of a monohybrid cross is
16. Which of the following is true about the "Law of Segregation"?
17. The 9:3:3:1 dihybrid ratio is due to
18. The smallest unit of genetic material which produces a phenotypic effect on mutation is
19. Who among the following is called the father of Genetics?
20. Which term represents a pair of contrasting characters?


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