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Multiple choice 1. Which of the following types of plants would usually be a see

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Multiple choice

1.

Which of the following types of plants would usually be a seedless variety?

Tetraploid

Triploid

Diploid

Aneuploid

2.

Consider a normal chromosome with the following gene sequence along its length: FGHIJKL. Which of the following sequences represents an inversion?

FGHKL

FGHIJKJKL

JKLFGHI

FGJIHKL

3.

The house mouse Mus musculus has a diploid chromosome number of 40. Suppose that the first meiotic division of a germ cell is normal, but a single chromosome in one of the two daughter cells undergoes non-disjunction in meiosis II. How many chromosomes would be present in each of the four gametes that result from that meiosis?

20, 20, 21, 19

12, 12, 8, 8

10, 10, 12, 8

22, 20, 18, 16

21, 21, 19, 19

4.

What is the final stage of the Holliday model?

formation of a Holliday junction

formation of a double-stranded break

gene conversion

resolution

anticipation

5.

Short sequences of DNA synthesized on the lagging strand

lagging fragments

replication fragments

Okazaki fragments

restriction fragments

Tetraploid

Triploid

Diploid

Aneuploid

Explanation / Answer

1. Option D is correct.

Aneuploids do not produce seeds as they do not contain the exact set of chromosomes (they either contain n+ or n- chromosomes which can not properly segregate between daughter cells during meiosis).

2. Option D is correct.

Original sequence: FGHIJKL

Inverted sequence: FGJIHKL

here, the JIH sequence is inverted.

3. Option A is correct.

Meiosis produces haploid cells.

2n = 40

n = 20

But a single non-disjunction event produces defective cells with an abnormal number of chromosomes.

4. Option D is correct.

Resolution is the last step in holiday model

5. Option C is correct.

Short DNA fragments synthesized on the lagging strand are knwon as lagging strand.