Questions
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- A woman with blood group O and a man with blood group AB have a child with blood group AB. Explain how this is possible.
- When does an allele become polymorphic?
- What are multifactorial traits?
- What causes phenotypic variations?
- How are thymine dimers formed in DNA and which mechanism is responsible for the repair? Name a disease that is caused by the failure of this repair system.
- Is it possible for a healthy couple to have two sons: one with colour blindness and haemophilia and the other with just haemophilia? If yes, explain.
- What is the difference between Pleiotropy and Genetic heterogeneity? Give examples of genes that exhibit both phenomena.
- Explain the difference between enzyme replacement therapy and protein augmentation therapy with examples.
- Explain Loss of Heterozygosity. What is its significance in oncogenetics?
- What is the phenotype of parents with IAiHh and iihh? What would be the phenotype of their children?
Answers
- Normally, each