Explore topic-wise MCQs in Cytogenetics.

This section includes 12 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Cytogenetics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Sex influenced genes will not occur in ________________

A. Homologous autosome
B. Homologous part of sex chromosome
C. Short arm of human Y chromosome
D. On autosomes of male
Answer» D. On autosomes of male
2.

Appearance of cock feather in chicken is ________________

A. X linked
B. Y linked
C. Sex influenced
D. Sex limited
Answer» E.
3.

If a bull doesn t express the milking factor, where m+ is normal and m is a mutant gene, its genotype is?

A. m+/m+
B. m+/m
C. m/m
D. Can t be specified
Answer» E.
4.

Which one of the following will not be expressed in female even in homozygous form?

A. Cock feathering
B. Cleft palate
C. Osteoporosis
D. Color blindness
Answer» B. Cleft palate
5.

What will be the phenotype and genotype of a daughter born to bald mother and non-bald father?

A. b+/b+ non-bald
B. b+/b+ bald
C. b/b+ non-bald
D. b/b+ bald
Answer» D. b/b+ bald
6.

Choose the odd one out on the basis of sex influence.

A. Cleft palate
B. Club foot
C. Gout
D. Osteoporosis
Answer» E.
7.

Homozygous bald gene, a sex influenced gene, is equally expressed in men and women.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
8.

Patterned baldness is a sex influenced trait more expressed in a male. If b+ is normal allele making non-bald phenotype and b is mutant leading to bald phenotype, for a cross between a bald mother and normal father, what is the probability of a bald son?

A. 0
B. 1/4
C. 1/2
D. 1
Answer» E.
9.

If present of horn in a breed of sheep is due to the presence of h+ allele which is sex influenced and more expressed in male, choose the off one out.

A. Female with h<sup>+</sup> h<sup>+</sup>
B. Male with h<sup>+</sup> h<sup>+</sup>
C. Female with h h<sup>+</sup>
D. Male with h h<sup>+</sup>
Answer» D. Male with h h<sup>+</sup>
10.

If A is a sex influenced trait that is more expressed in males, then which of the following is false?

A. Only male having a homozygous recessive form of this gene will not express it
B. No female will express the gene
C. The gene is autosomal
D. Heterozygous female will not express this gene
Answer» C. The gene is autosomal
11.

Sex influenced traits are only related to females.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
12.

The sex influenced traits are present in _______________________

A. Autosome
B. Sex chromosome
C. Mitochondrial chromosome
D. These are epigenetic traits
Answer» B. Sex chromosome