Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2006

  • question_answer
    Mendel observed that certain character did not assort independently. Later, scientist found that this is due to:

    A)  linkage in traits

    B)  crossing over

    C)  both [a] and [b]

    D)  dominance of one trait over the other

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     Mendel studied 7 contrasting character of garden pea, Pisum sdtivum, which were present on 4 chromosomes. A pea plant is having 14 chromosomes as diploid. number. If the chromosome would have been 12, it means that they should be present on 6 chromosome this suggest that the 2 or more characters are linked. So, later researches found it to be so due to linked character (linkage).


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