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Question
Define Genetics.
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Solution
“Genetics” is the branch of biological science which deals with the mechanism of transmission of characters from parents to offsprings. The term Genetics was introduced by W. Bateson in 1906.
RELATED QUESTIONS
A homozygous Tall plant (T) bearing red coloured (R) flowers is crossed with a homozygous dwarf plant (t) bearing white flowers (r):
(1) Give the Genotype and Phenotype of the F2 generation.
(2) Give the possible combinations of the gametes that can be obtained from the F2 hybrid.
(3) Give the dihybrid ratio and the phenotype of the offsprings of the F2 generation when two plants of the F1 generation above are crossed.
Multiple Choice Question
When two individuals differing in at least one character are crossed, the process is known as:
The physical expression of a gene is called ______.
What are the reasons for Mendel’s successes in his breeding experiment?
A fruit fly exhibiting both male and female traits is ______.
In a dihybrid cross AABB x aabb, F2 progeny of AABB, AABb, AaBB and AaBb occurs in the ratio of ______.
Sahil performed an experiment to study the inheritance pattern of genes. He crossed tall pea plants (TT) with short pea plants (tt) and obtained all tall plants in F1 generation.
When F1 plants were cross-pollinated with plants having tt genes, a total of 800 plants were produced. How many of these would be tall, medium height or short plants? Give the genotype of F2 generation.
Describe the dihybrid cross upto F2 generation as conducted by Gregor Mendel using pure lines of Garden Pea for characters-seed shape and seed colour.
What institution did Gregor Mendel attend to study science and mathematics?
Which aspect of Mendel's work was particularly difficult for the scientific community to accept during his lifetime?
