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#Question id: 3886


Which one of the following statements about the reverse transcriptases of retroviruses and the RNA replicases of other single-stranded RNA viruses, such as R17 and influenza virus, is correct?

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology
  1. Both enzymes can synthesize either RNA or DNA from an RNA template strand.

  2. Both enzymes can utilize DNA in addition to RNA as a template strand.

  3. Both enzymes carry the specificity for the RNA of their own virus.

  4. Both enzymes have error rates similar to those of cellular RNA polymerases.

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#Question id: 3311

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Consider a diploid population at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. For a locus with two alleles, the frequency of the A1A1 genotype is 0.01) The frequency of A2A2 is

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#Question id: 3312

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, the frequencies of the two alleles A1 and A2 is 0.4 and 0.6. When you consider A2 is dominant allele of genetic disorder. The frequency of defected individuals, in population size 1000 is

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#Question id: 3313

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Which one of the following statement is incorrect for the process of speciation?

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#Question id: 3314

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

The body weight of offspring of bird species is range between 12 gm to 18 gm. In a laboratory experiment, species was subjected to selection pressure having influence on the offspring body weight. After many generations of experimental selection pressure, the body weight range between 14 gm to 16 gm. Which of the following natural selection operate on this species?

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#Question id: 3315

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Which one of the following statements is TRUE for Negative-frequency dependent selection?

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#Question id: 3316

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

There are two population A (N = 500) and B (N=50). Due to genetic drift, both populations will lose its genetic diversity in a generation. Such losses become magnified over many generations. After 20 generations, what will be lose its original variation?