Multiple Choice QuestionsSelect the correct match
Alec Jeffreys - Streptococcus pneumoniae
Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase - TMV
Francois Jacob and Jacques Monod - Lac operon
Matthew Meselson and F. Stah - Pisum sativum
Select the correct statement
Franklin Stahl coined the term ‘‘linkage’’
Punnett square was developed by a British scientist
Transduction was discovered by S. Altman
Spliceosomes take part in translation
One of the breeding techniques useful to eliminate harmful recessive genes by selection is
Artificial insemination
Outbreeding
Inbreeding
MOET
C.
Inbreeding
When breeding is done between animals of the same breed for 4-6 generations, it is called inbreeding. Inbreeding is necessary if we want to develop a pure line of any animal. It exposes harmful recessive genes that are eliminated by selection. It also helps the accumulation of superior genes and the elimination of less desirable genes.
Minisatellites or VNTR's are used in
DNA fingerprinting
Polymerase chain reaction, (PCR)
gene therapy
Gene mapping
In the lac operon model, lactose molecules function is
inducers,which bind with the operator gene
Repressors, which bind the the operator gene
inducers, which bind the repressor protein
corepressore, which bind with the repressor protein
The thermostable enzymes, Taq and Pfu, isolated from thermophilic bacteria are
RNA polymerases
DNA ligases
DNA polymerases
Restriction endonucleases
The largest gene in man is
Insulin gene
Tumour suppressor gene
Beta globin gene of haemoglobin
Dystrophin
Which has an additional X-chromosome?
Turner’s syndrome
Klinefelter’s syndrome
Super female
Down’s syndrome
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