The herbaceous plant Achillea lanulosa is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere. Phenotypic variation in the species has been extensively studied along an altitudinal gradient from sea level to over 3,000 meters. In California there is conspicuous variation in  height; alpine plants are only several centimeters tall  while  those in  the San Joaquin Valley may reach a height of 1.8 meters. Adaptation to different local environments also results in variation in physiological processes such as photosynthetic rate, resistance to cold, and the timing of dormancy.

Which of the following methods would be best to determine whether the phenotypic variation in Achillea lanulosa is due to genotypic variation?

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

The RFLP pattern for this locus, obtained by hybridization using a probe internal sites, from family is shown below: Based on the above profile, what is the nature of the genetic disorder?

#Question id: 4893

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

In tomatoes, tall (D) is dominant over dwarf (d) and smooth fruit (P) is dominant over pubescent fruit (p), which is covered with fine hairs. A farmer has two tall andsmooth tomato plants, which we will call plant A and plant B. The farmer crosses plants A and B with the same dwarf and pubescent plant and obtains the following numbers of progeny

a. The genotypes of both plant A and plant B are DdPp

b. In plant A, Gene D and Gene P link as cis configuration

c. In plant B, Gene D and Gene P link as cis configuration

d. In plant A, Gene D and Gene P link as trans configuration

e. In plant B, Gene D and Gene P link as trans configuration

Which of the following above statement are not correct?

#Question id: 4894

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Following is figure showing restriction site on coding gene. Which of the following is mode of inheritance?

#Question id: 4895

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

What is the difference between a linkage map and a physical map?

a) Genetic maps are based on recombination frequencies, but physical maps are based on restriction digestion.

b) Physical DNA map describes the absolute position of genes on a chromosome while genetic map so variable

c) Genetic maps are important to identify the origin of diseases, whether they are inherited or arise due to a random mutation.

#Question id: 4896

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

A cross between individuals with genotypes AaBbX aabb produces the following progeny:

AaBb -  21, aaBb- 83, Aabb-   77,  aa bb -19

Which of the following statements is true?

a) Map unit between gene A and B

b) Configuration

c) parents genotype of AaBb

#Question id: 4897

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

When two independent pure lines AAbb and aaBB of pea with white flowers are crossed, the F1 progeny has purple flowers. Gene A and B link at 20 map unit. The following conclusions were made

A. When an heterozygous individual of the genotype AaBb is test crossed, progenies with purple and white in a ratio of 1:3

B. When an heterozygous individual of the genotype AaBb is test crossed, progenies with purple and white in a ratio of 1:9

C. This is an example of complementary gene action

D. The F2 progeny obtained on selfing shows both pruple and white flower in a ratio of 9:7                                            

Which of the following conclusions are correct?