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Advantage of cleistogamy is 

  • higher genetic variability

  • more vigorous offspring

  • no dependence on pollinators

  • no dependence on pollinators


C.

no dependence on pollinators

In cleistogamous flowers, anthers and stigma lie close each other. When anthers dehisce in the flower buds, pollen grains come in contact with the stigma to effect pollination. Thus, these flowers produce assured seed set even in the absence of pollinators. The higher genetic variability and more vigorous offsprings are the produced to variations obtained by sexual reproduction. Vivipary relates to the birth of young babies from mammals.

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Perisperm differs from endosperms in 

  • being a haploid  tissue

  • having no reserve food

  • being a diploid tissue

  • being a diploid tissue

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The tendency of population to remain in genetic equilibrium may be disturbed by

  • random mating

  • lack of migration

  • lack of mutations

  • lack of mutations

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If two persons with 'AB' blood group marry and have sufficiently a large number of children, these children could be classified as 'A' blood group in 1:2:1 ratio. The modern technique of protein electrophoresis reveals the presence of both 'A' and 'B' type proteins in 'AB' blood group individuals. This is an example of 

  • codominance

  • incomplete dominance

  • partial dominance

  • partial dominance

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Which of the following Bt crops is being grown in India by the farmers?

  • Maize

  • Cotton

  • Brinjal

  • Brinjal

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Monoecious plant of Chara shows occurrence of 

  • antheridiophore and archengoniophore on the same point

  • stamen and carpel on the same plant

  • upper antheridium and lower oogonium on the same plant

  • upper antheridium and lower oogonium on the same plant

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Variation in gene frequencies within populations can occur by chance rather than by natural selection. This is referred to as

  • genetic flow

  • genetic drift

  • random mating

  • random mating

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Which of the following statements is not true of two genes that show 50% recombination frequency?

  • the genes may be on different chromosomes

  • the genes are tightly linked

  • the genes show independent assortment

  • the genes show independent assortment

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The process by which organisms with different evolutionary history evolve similar to a common environmental challenge is called 

  • natural selection

  • convergent evolution

  • non-random evolution

  • non-random evolution

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Product of sexual reproduction generally generates

  • longer viability of seeds

  • prolonged dormancy

  • new genetic combination leading to variation

  • new genetic combination leading to variation

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