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ZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationMendel's Laws of InheritanceMedium2 minPYQ_2016
ZoologyMediumsingle choice
Match the terms in Column-I with their description in Column-II and choose the correct option:
| Column - I | Column - II |
| (a) Dominance | (i) Many genes govern a single character |
| (b) Codominance | (ii) In a heterozygous organism, only one allele expresses itself |
| (c) Pleiotropy | (iii) In a heterozygous organism, both alleles express themselves fully |
| (d) Polygenic inheritance | (iv) A single gene influences many characters |
NEET 2016 (Phase 1)
Options:
Answer:
B
Solution:
Dominance- In a heterozygous organism, only one allele expresses itself.
Codominance- In a heterozygous organism, both alleles express themselves equally.
Pleiotropy- A single gene influences many characters.
Polygenic Inheritance- Many genes govern a single character.
Stream:NEETSubject:ZoologyTopic:Principles of Inheritance and VariationSubtopic:Mendel's Laws of Inheritance
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