Exam 2

Principles of inheritance

1. How do Mendel's experiments show that traits are inherited

independently? (3)

2. Give an example of an organism that exhibits haplo-diploidy sex-

determination system

2. ........... traits are unable to express in a hybrid(1)

3 . When a tall pea plant was self-pollinated, one-fourth of the progeny were
dwarf. Give the genotype of the parent and dwarf progenies

4. State a difference between a gene and an allele

5. Why, in a test cross, did Mendel cross a tall pea plant with a dwarf pea plant
only?
6 MLinkage and crossing over of genes are alternatives of each other.
Justify with the help of an exampleention the combination(s) of sex
chromosomes in a male and a female bird.
7. Write the types of sex determination mechanisms the following crosses
show. Give an example of each type.
(i) Female XX with Male XO
(ii) Female ZW with Male ZZ

Long answer

8 . With the help of one example, explain the phenomena of

codominance and multiple allelism in human population
 9. In snapdragon, a cross between true-breeding red flowered (RR) plants
and true-breeding white flowered (rr) plants showed a progeny of plants
with all pink flowers.
(i) The appearance of pink flowers is not known as blending. Why?
(ii) What is this phenomenon known as?

10. Study the figures given below and answer the question.

Identify in which of the crosses, the strength of linkage between the genes
is higher. Give reasons in support of your answer

11. Explain why it is scientifically incorrect to blame the mother for

bearing a female child?
Or
Do you agree to the perception in our society that the woman is
responsible for the gender? Substantiate your answer scientifically.

12 Name the phenomenon that leads to situations like ‘XO’ abnormality in

humans. How do humans with ‘XO’ abnormality suffer? Explain.