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#Question id: 8696


There is some evidence that reptiles called cynodonts may have had whisker-like hairs around their mouths. If true, then hair is a shared ________.

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. derived character of mammals, even if cynodonts continue to be classified as reptiles
  2. derived character of all vertebrates and not of the mammal clade
  3. ancestral character of the all vertebrates, but only if cynodonts are reclassified as mammals
  4. derived character of mammals, but only if cynodonts are reclassified as mammals
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#Question id: 12160

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Which of these was not derived from an ancestral alpha proteobacterium?

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#Question id: 12161

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

If a cross is made between  two plant heights  46cm and 10cm. The f2 Genotype has been shown;
I) AABBCC - 2) AABBCc – 3) AABbCc – 4) AaBbCc–  5) AaBbcc – 6) Aabbcc – 7) aabbcc –
Find out the 
i) phenotypic values of the given character 
ii) determining the no of polygenes involves and 
iii) what will be the no of QTL?

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#Question id: 12162

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Nilsson-Ehle’s cross obtained homozygous varieties of wheat that differed in color, he crossed a variety of wheat that possessed white kernels with a variety that possessed  red kernels and obtained the following results:

The following conclusions are made from the results obtained;

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#Question id: 12163

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

A cross is made between the two pure line homozygous plant their height is 6cm and 2cm. the F1 progeny shows 6 cm height. the variations takes place in F2 progeny , which were made by 

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#Question id: 12164

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

What is the value of broad sense and narrow sense heritability respectively , if the given values of;
A) dominance genetic variance =0.4 , 
B) genic interaction variance =0.3,  
C) additive genetic variance =0.6, 
D) environmental variance=0.8,  
E) genetic−environmental interaction variance=0.3

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#Question id: 12165

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

If the environmental variance increases and all other variance components remain same , then what will be the effect on heritability?