61. Pentadactylity is a dominant trait, yet many individuals having single dominant alleles does not show any sign of polydactylity due to (1) Incomplete penetrance (2) Variable expressivity (3) Co […]
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Understanding Sex-Influenced Inheritance of Horns in Sheep
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60. In some sheep, horns are produced by an autosomal allele, ‘H’ that is dominant in males and recessive in females. H+H+ individuals are hornless. A horned female is crossed […]
Sex-Linked Inheritance of Eye Color
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59. In an organism, allele for red eye colour is dominant over the allele for white eye colour. A cross is made between a white eyed male and a red […]
Understanding Male-Female Ratios in Drosophila with X-Linked Temperature-Sensitive Lethal Mutation
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58. A Drosophila male carrying an X-linked temperature sensitive recessive mutation that is lethal at 290C but viable at 180C is mated to: A. a normal female B. a female […]
Understanding the Progeny Sex Ratio in Drosophila with a Recessive Sex-Linked Lethal Allele
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57. The allele l in Drosophila is recessive, sex- linked and lethal’ when homozygous or hemizygous. If a female of the genotype Ll is crossed with a male, what is […]
Drosophila Grey and Yellow Body Colour Cross
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Consider the following crosses involving grey(wild-type) and yellow body colour true breeding Drosophila: Cross F1 Progeny F2 Progeny Cross 1 Grey female X yellow […]
Drosophila Cross: Normal Wing Grey Body × Vestigial Wing Yellow Body – Sex Linkage and Autosomal Inheritance Explained
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Drosophila melanogaster males with normal wing size and grey body colour is crossed with females having vestigial wings and yellow body colour. Vestigial wing and yellow body colour are recessive […]
Understanding X-linked Recessive Inheritance
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54. On basis of statement given below the mode of inheritance is • Mostly males are sufferer of disease • All male child of affected mother are diseased • Female […]
Understanding Sex Linked Traits in Drosophila
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53. A cross between a red eyed male fly and white eyed female fly produces red eyed female and white eyed male progenies. While reciprocal cross produces all offsprings with […]
Understanding X-linked Recessive Disorders
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52. Among the following which statement is NOT correct for X-linked recessive disorder ? (1) Female with such disorders ate rare (2) Males the diseased allele are always diseased (3) […]


