Explore topic-wise MCQs in Cytogenetics.

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1.

What are the odds in favor that cross between a black and an Andalusian fowl will give 4 Andalusian fowls?

A. 1/2
B. 1/4
C. 1/8
D. 1/16
Answer» E.
2.

If you cross two roan cows, what percentage of the progeny would you expect to be roan?

A. 10%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 75%
Answer» D. 75%
3.

An M blood type daughter is born to a mother who has type M blood group and a father who has type N. Which of the following is true?

A. The father of the child is someone else
B. The mother of the child is someone else
C. This is a normal case
D. The child has genotype M/N
Answer» B. The mother of the child is someone else
4.

AN_M_BLOOD_TYPE_DAUGHTER_IS_BORN_TO_A_MOTHER_WHO_HAS_TYPE_M_BLOOD_GROUP_AND_A_FATHER_WHO_HAS_TYPE_N._WHICH_OF_THE_FOLLOWING_IS_TRUE??$

A. The father of the child is someone else
B. The mother of the child is someone else
C. This is a normal case
D. The child has genotype M/N
Answer» B. The mother of the child is someone else
5.

What are the odds in favor that cross between a black and an Andalusian fowl will give 4 Andalusian fowls?$

A. 1/2
B. 1/4
C. 1/8
D. 1/16
Answer» E.
6.

If you cross two roan cows, what percentage of the progeny would you expect to be roan?$

A. 10%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 75%
Answer» D. 75%
7.

If a person has M blood group which of the following is wrong?

A. He is a homozygote
B. His blood reacts to anti M antibody
C. His child’s blood would react to anti M antibody
D. His child will always have M blood type
Answer» E.
8.

In case of codominance product is ___________________

A. Produced from both the alleles
B. Produced from one allele
C. Incompletely produced from both alleles
D. None are functional
Answer» B. Produced from one allele
9.

Among the progenies born from the mating of a white and an Andalusian fowl there are 5 white chickens. What is the expected total number of progeny?

A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 25
Answer» C. 15
10.

Incomplete allele is the condition when some mutation in the wild type gene makes it lose its haplosufficiency.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
11.

A child is born to a mother whose blood group is A and a father whose blood group is B. The child is of blood group A. According to this which of the following is true?

A. The mother has Bombay blood group
B. The child’s father is some other man
C. This is a normal case
D. The child has genotype I<sup>A</sup>/ I<sup>A</sup>
Answer» D. The child has genotype I<sup>A</sup>/ I<sup>A</sup>
12.

A pink snapdragon is crossed to a white snapdragon. What is the probability of getting a red snap dragon?

A. 1
B. 1/2
C. 1/4
D. None
Answer» E.
13.

In case of incomplete dominance monohybrid F1 ________________ is 1:2:1.

A. Genotype
B. Phenotype
C. Bothe genotype and phenotype
D. The ratio is wrong
Answer» D. The ratio is wrong
14.

A white and a black chicken give an egg. What is the probability of the progeny born being Andalusian?

A. 1/6
B. 1/4
C. 1/2
D. 1
Answer» E.
15.

Choose the wrong one out.

A. Codominant genes are never haplosufficient
B. Dominant phenotype is expressed when a gene is haplosufficient
C. Incomplele dominance is the presence of haplosufficiency
D. In homozygous condition an allele can express its phenotype be it the dominant or recessive allele in nature
Answer» D. In homozygous condition an allele can express its phenotype be it the dominant or recessive allele in nature
16.

Codominance and incomplete dominance is the same thing.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
17.

In incomplete dominance__________________

A. Phenotype of both allele is expressed
B. Phenotype of only one allele is expressed
C. Phenotype of neither of the alleles are expressed
D. Phenotype of both allele is partially expressed
Answer» E.