The condition in which there are more than two complete set of ch

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Biology

Class

NEET Class 12

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31.

Sex determination in humans takes place by

  • sex chromosomes of father

  • measurement of sperm

  • measurement of ovum

  • sex chromosomes of mother


32.

The term genetic engineering is used for :

  • blotting technique

  • RNA reaction technique

  • protein synthesis technique

  • recombinant technique


33.

Turner's syndrome chromosome pattern is:

  • XO

  • XXX

  • XYY

  • XXY


34.

The main cause of Edward syndrome, Patau syndrome and Down syndrome is :

  • mutation of gene

  • change in both autosomes and heterosomes

  • change in autosomes

  • change in heterosomes


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35.

The number of chromosomes in Klinefelter's syndrome are :

  • 47

  • 46

  • 45

  • 44


36.

The eggs of eutherian mammals are

  • mesolecithal type

  • microlecithal type

  • telolecithal type

  • megalecithal type


37.

Which of the following steroid sex hormone influenced secondary sex organs?

  • Progesterone

  • Oestrogen

  • LH

  • LTH


38.

The genotype of a man having female sexual characters will be :

  • XXY

  • XYY

  • XO

  • XXX


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39.

Which of the following is a X-linked disease ?

  • Tetany

  • Colourblindness

  • Xeroderma

  • Hypertricosis


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40.

The condition in which there are more than two complete set of chromosome is called :

  • polytene

  • monoploidy

  • polyploidy

  • aneuploidy


C.

polyploidy

Polyploidy is the phenomenon of having more than two genomes or set of chromosomes, eg, 3n, 4n, 5n etc.

Polytene chromosomes are large chromosomes that have thousands of DNA strands.

Monoploidy is a phenomenon where an individual consists of one half the normal number of chromosomes.

Aneuploidy is a phenomenon of change in chromosome number by addition of all or a part of a chromosome.


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