Genes that control coat color in mammals represent some of the best early examples of genes with multiple alleles exhibiting different phenotypes. A classic example is the C gene in hamsters. Three of the known alleles of this gene are C, c^a and c^k. Each supplies a different amount of black pigment to the coat hair. The phenotypes of three different homozygous strains are as follows.

would mate the true-breeding  c^a c^a  hamsters to the true-breeding c^k c^k  hamsters to produce heterozygous  c^a and c^k  F1 progeny. Crosses and their interpretation that would have allowed geneticists to come to the conclusion that c^a and c^k were likely to be alleles of the same using the concept that alleles of the same gene will be tightly linked. What will be the ratio of F2 hamster;

#Question id: 7282

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

In humans, neural tube closure defects occur in about 1 in every 1000 live births. Failure to close the neural tube can result from both genetic and environmental causes. A recent report has demonstrated that zinc deficiency disrupts neural tube closure by:

#Question id: 7281

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Evolutionary conservation of homeotic gene organization and transcriptional expression in fruit flies and mice is seen in the similarity between the Hom-C cluster on Drosophila chromosome 3 and the four Hox gene clusters in the mouse genome.

According to this figure, Which of the following statement is correct?

#Question id: 7280

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

In drosophila, Physical forces drive invagination of the ventral furrow. Following statements regarding to this process:

A. The cellularized blastoderm will begin to activate higher levels of myosin in the cells at the ventral midline and preferentially at their apical surface.

B. Epithelial adhesions paired with differential activation of dynein and tissue geometry create mechanical constraints that affect the orientation of actomyosin meshworks.

C. The A/P oriented arrays of myosin in the cells at the ventral midline generate tension along the anterior-posterior axis.

D. The combination of tissue geometry and tension of these anterior-to-posterior meshworks cause the tissue to fold outward at a right angle to the anterior-posterior axis, creating a long and narrow ventral furrow.

Which of the following statements are incorrect?

#Question id: 7279

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

X chromosome number alone is the primary sex determinant in normal drosophila because:

#Question id: 7278

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

The following demonstrates the blastocoel formation in the mammals. Which of the following statement is correct?

#Question id: 7277

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

According to this model, Which of the following statements are correct?