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प्रश्न
A certain couple got four daughters in a sequence and no son. Does it mean that the husband does not produce Y-chromosome bearing sperms? Explain. What is the chance of this couple having a daughter?
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उत्तर
Daughter or son is a matter of chance for Y- or X-chromosome carrying sperm to fertilize the egg. It is always 50% The couple got four daughters as a matter of chance encounter of the X-chromosome carrying sperm fertilizing the eggs. The chance of the couple getting another daughter is again 50% (so is for the son).
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Differentiate between the following:
Monohybrid and Dihybrid
Mention whether the cross is a monohybrid or dihybrid.
Answer the following question.
Write the basis on which Alfred Sturtevant explained gene mapping.
A pure tall plant (TT) is crossed with the pure dwarf plant (tt), what would be the F1 and F2 generations? Explain.
Differentiate between inherited and acquired characters. Give one example for each type.
Genotypic ratio of a monohybrid cross is ______.
Cross between hybrid and recessive parent:
In a plant tallness is dominant over dwarfness and red flower is dominant over white. Starting with the parents work out a dihybrid cross. What is standard dihybrid ratio? Do you think the values would deviate if the two genes in question are interacting with each other?
In a cross between red coloured and white coloured flowers, when plants with red coloured flowers of F1 generation were self pollinated, plants of F2 generation were obtained in which 75% of plants were with red flowers and 2.5% plants were with white flowers.
Explain the inheritance of traits in the above cross with the help of a flow chart only along with the ratio of plants obtained.
Assertion (A): In humans, if gene (B) is responsible for black eyes and gene (b) responsible for brown eyes, then the colour of eyes of the progeny having gene combination Bb, bb or BB will be black only.
Reason (R): The black colour of the eyes is a dominant trait.
