Over the past 12 weeks, a 75-year-old man with a moderate aortic stenosis has developed shortness of breath and chest pains during exertion. He appears pale. Test of his stool for blood is positive. Laboratory studies show the following: hemoglobin 7.2 g/dL, and mean corpuscular volume 75. A blood smear shows microcytic, hypochromic erythrocytes. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

#Question id: 7304

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Which one of the following will be observed when auxin to cytokinin ratio is increased in the culture medium during organogenesis from tobacco pith callus?

#Question id: 7303

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

The ‘quartet model’ explains how the protein products of the ABCE-function genes might interact to control floral organ identity. Following statements are based on this model. Which one of them is incorrect?

#Question id: 7302

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Match the following level of microRNAs in Arabidopsis (Column II and III) with their Phases (Column I)

Which of the following combination is correct?

#Question id: 7301

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

An Rajasthani hunter was worried about being attacked by grizzly tigers, so he left the lights in his cabin on all the time. Plants near the cabin flowered a month early. Which of the following best explains this?

#Question id: 7299

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Maintenance of the shoot meristems in adult Arabidopsis plants relies on which of the following mechanisms?

#Question id: 7297

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

How is the ABC model for floral identity in Arabidopsis similar to the models for homeotic gene function derived from studies in Drosophila?