32. Which of the following statements about R-banding chromosomes is FALSE? (1) The heat treatment preferentially denature the GC rich DNA to produce R-banding pattern. (2) This is essentially the […]
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Giemsa Staining Dark Bands
31. Eukaryotic genomes are organized into chromosomes and can be visualized at mitosis by staining with specific dyes. Heat denaturation followed by staining with Giemsa produced alternate dark and light […]
Best Technique to Separate Two Loci on Chromosomes: G-Banding Explained
30. Which is best technique to separate the two loci on chromosome? (1) C- banding (2) Gel electrophoresis (3) G-banding (4) Chromatography The best technique to separate or differentiate two […]
Genetic Counselor Predict Second Child Risk After First Child Developmental Defects
29, First child of parents shows developmental defects want to take help from genetic counselor for their second child. The genetic counselor must know to predict the fate of second […]
What Is an Isochromosome?
28. If both arms of one chromosome have same genotype and structure, such chromosome is referred as (1) Isochromosome (2) Allochromosome (3) Duplicate chromosome (4) Homologous Chromosome The chromosome in […]
Calculating Risk of Autosomal Recessive Trait in III‑1
27. In the following pedigree, individual with shaded circle or shaded square show presence of a recessive autosomal trait. The calculated risk of occurrence of this trait for iii-1 is […]
Probability That Individual 6 Is a Heterozygote in an Autosomal Recessive Trait
26. The pedigree below represents the inheritance of an autosomal recessive trait. What is the probability that individual ‘6’ is a heterozygote? (1) 1/4 (2) 1/2 (3) 2/3 (4) 1/3 […]
Pedigree Analysis of a Rare Recessive Disorder
25. The following pedigree shows the inheritance pattern of a rare recessive disorder with complete penetrance. A child from marriage between individual II-2 & II-3 will show the disorder only […]
Pedigree Analysis of a Common Autosomal Trait with Complete Penetrance
24. The inheritance pattern of a common trait which shows complete penetrance is shown below: Based on the above pedigree, fill in the blanks from the options given below: ‘’The […]
Autosomal Recessive Carrier Frequency and Affected Child Risk
23. The following pedigree shows the inheritance of a common phenotype controlled by an autosomal recessive allele. The probability of carriers in the population is 1/3 What is the probability […]


