SARHAD UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

(MID TERM EXAMINATION – 2018)

Student Roll No: ________________________ Student Name: ________________________

Paper: ------------------------- Course No:---BOT-201-- Semester:

Maximum Marks: 25 Maximum Time allowed: 1hour and 30 minutes

Part-A (Marks: 09)

Q. No. 1(a): Mark the following statements either as True or False. (4 Marks)

i.The scientist often referred to as the father of genetics is Thomas Hunt Morgan (True / False)
ii.Linkage group refers to a group of genes which are present in one chromosome. (True / False)
iii.Back cross is the most common method of detecting the linkage. (True / False)
iv.Recombination frequency (θ) is the frequency with which a single chromosomal crossover will
take place between two genes During meiosis. (True / False)

Q. No. 1(b): Choose the correct option. (5 Marks)

i. The breeding of a dominant phenotype with the __________ is referred to as a test cross
a. recessive parent c. Homozygous dominant
b. heterozygous dominant d. Dominant parent

ii. Drosophila follows which of these modes of sex determination?

a. XX /XY c. ZZ/ ZW
b. XX/ XO d. MM/N

iii. Red-green color blindness is ____________

a. an X-linked trait c. both X and Y linked
b. a Y-linked trait d. W-linked trait
iv. Sex-linked traits appear more often in males than in females because ___________
a. males are produced in greater numbers
b. females with a sex-linked trait will die
c. males have only one X chromosome
d. sex-linked traits are carried on the Y chromosome

v. If the recombination frequency is less than ___________ then linkage is observed

a. 50% c. 20%
b. 0% d. 70%
Part-B (Marks: 16)

Note: ATTEMPT ANY TWO QUESTIONS FROM THE FOLLOWING.

Question. No. 2:

a) Explain Mendel’s Law of Segregation. (3 Marks)

b) Define: i.Complete dominance ii. Incomplete Dominance iii. Co Dominance (3 Marks)
c) What will be the appearance of (a) F1 and (b) F2 progenies when a pure (homozygous) tall pea
plant is crossed with a pure (homozygous) dwarf pea plant? (2 Marks)

Question. No. 3

a) Explain Mendel’s Law of independent Assortment (3 Marks)

b) Differentiate between Test cross and Back cross (2 Marks)
c) What are the possible blood types of the offspring of a cross between individuals that are type
AB and type O? (3 Marks)

Question. No. 4

a) Explain the mechanism of sex determination in insects, Birds and Drosophila (3 Marks)
b) What will be the result of selfing the F1 generation in a cross when round and yellow seeded
pea plants (YYRR) are crossed with green and wrinkled (yyrr) seeded pea plant? (3 Marks)
c) Differentiate between sex linked and sex limited characters. (2 Marks)

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