Principles of Inheritance & Variation (Part II): Pretest

Here are some questions based on pages 75-78 of Chapter 5 of Class 12 NCERT Bio Book. Prior to the topic 5.3 "Inheritance of two genes". 
A thorough reading of the above pages is an absolute must before starting to answer these questions. Take time to read, then start solving. do NOT refer book if you are not able to answer 1 or two questions. if you are not able to answer 3 in continuity, close the copy and read the pages once again.
These pretests are based on a wonderful technique of learning based on Neuroscientific Research:
The technique of Retrieval Practice. but for it to work, you must give up the greed of getting all answers right in one go. The technique aims to 

• increase efficiency of your reading; 
• help you exert your brain to improve your working memory; 
• and finally build long lasting neural connections that you can rely on  during your session ending examinations.

So here we go, questions on pages 75-78:

1. According to Mendel the discrete units that controlled characters are _________.
2. Expression of only one of the dissimilar characters in F1 is controlled by Law of__________.
3. Of the 2 dissimilar alleles present in an organism, only one goes in a gamete. This is due to law of ___________.
4. Homozygous organisms form ___ type(s) of gametes; while heterozygous form  ___ type(s) of gametes.
5. Identify the plant & answer the questions below:
   
6. Which are the dominant & recessive flower colours in this plant?
7. What is the significance of pink flowers?
8. Is it according to Mendel's law? answer Yes/No.
9. Which types of Biomolecules are responsible for action of genes?
10. Which type of Biomolecules are responsible for ABO type blood groups?
11. 'I' is the gene responsible for blood groups. What does I stand for? 
12. How many forms of I genes (alleles) control blood groups? what is this phenomenon known as?
13. Based on study of inheritance pattern of Blood Groups we can say that dominance is relative. Justify.
14. Blood Group AB represents Codominance which is an exception to Law of _________. Can you explain how?
15. Gene B in pea seeds controls 2 characters. Can you name the 2 characters? Can you name this special phenomenon?

PRETEST: Principles of Inheritance & vaiation (Part 1)

Hello!

Starting with Unit 2.

Here are the pretest questions based on first 8 pages of Chapter 5. In my book (i.e. 2019-20 publication available online) the page numbers are 67-75. In terms of Topic; End of 5.2 (Inheritance of One Gene)

Read the pages carefully; and try to answer the questions. see how many you can answer.

The key points of this portion are already on blog, but I would request you not to refer them, and focus solely on book reading.

1.       Branch of Biology that deals with inheritance & variations _________

2.       ___________ is the basis of heredity.

3.       The major cause of variation is ______________; which has been used by humans for selective breeding.

4.       Experiments conducted by Mendel involved ___________ of true breeding Pea plants, which involved the technique of ___________.

5.       What was the advantage of taking large sampling size in Mendel’s experiment?

6.       Define true breeding lines.

7.       F₁ & F₂ in crossing stands for ___________ & _________.

8.       The ratios obtained by Mendel in F₁ & F₂ of monohybrid cross respectively was _________ & ____________.

9.       Factors of Mendel are equivalent to _______, and are units of inheritance required for expression of particular trait.

10.   T & t represent two forms of a __________, known as __________ which control expression of a trait.

11.   TT & Tt produce the same phenotype.

                                             i.            Capital T represents ________, small t represents _______.

                                           ii.            What conclusion was drawn by Mendel on the basis of this?

12.   The type of cell division that occurs during gamete formation is _____. Here only one _______ of a pair is passed in to a gamete.

13.   Graphical representation to calculate the probability of occurrence of different types of Genotypes in a cross is known as ___________.

14.   Self Pollination of a dwarf plant will give tall and dwarf in the ratio _:_.

15.   An organism exhibiting a recessive phenotype for tallness will have the following genotypes _________.; while an organism exhibiting a dominant phenotype for tallness will have the following genotypes _______________.

16.   Test cross is crossing tall (dominant phenotype) plant with ________ plant.

17.   Mendel gave ___ (no.) laws on the basis of monohybrid crosses; they are ___________ & _____________.

18.   _______ flower position & _______ flower colour in pea is dominant.

19.   The two seed related characters chosen by Mendel were ______ & _________.

The total number of true breeding

Chapter 5: Principles of Inheritance & Variation (Part 1)

Inheritance: Process by which character are passed from parents to progeny. Basis of heredity
            Term Genetics: Bateson

Heredity: Transmission of Characters

Variation: Degree by which progeny differs from parents. Cause: Sexual rep

Exploited by humans for developing high yielding var of plants & animals. E.g. Sahiwal cows from wild cows by artificial selection & domestication.

Mendel: On basis of hybridization exp on garden peas (Pisum sativum -14 chr) for 7 yrs Work rediscovered 34 yrs later by DeVries, Correns & Tschermak Unique features of Mendel’s research: ·       Applied math & statistics to study biology ·       Large sample size ·       Continuous experiments on successive generations

•     Studied visible traits with contrasting characters

Father of Genetics: Mendel Checkpoint: At this point it is very important to review few terms: ·        Gene vs Allele ·        Homozygous vs Heterozygous ·        Dominant vs Recessive ·        Genotype Vs Phenotype Make sure that you know them all clearly & confidently before proceeding ahead.

Mendel's Procedure: Artificial/cross pollination using true breeding plants

Selected 14 true breeding plants similar in all respects except 1 contrasting character
Inheritance of one Gene: Monohybrid Cross; Only one allelic pair considered

Dihybrid Cross: Two allelic pairs considered.

Laws of Inheritance: 3  Law of Dominance: In a hybrid where both contrasting alleles present, only 1 factor/allele expresses itself, this is known as dominant allele. The other – recessive               In F2: dominant : recessive:: 3:1  Principle of segregation: When a pair of contrasting characters present in an organisms, the characters do not mix together, simply stay together. They are separated at the time of gamete formation, so that each gamete will have allele for only 1 contrasting trait.              Also k/a Law of Purity of Gametes

• Principle of Independent Assortment: Genes of different characters present together in a plant are not inherited together. They are inherited independent of each other.

A father produces two types of gametes, while a mother produces only 1 type. Which of Mendel’s law is justified by this? State if there are any situations which under normal circumstances show exception to this law.

Cause of Dominance: When one of the alleles in a heterozygous individual is non-functional, i.e. either is not transcribed, or does not produces a functional protein. That allele is recessive. The other functional allele is dominant.

Dominance is relative

Reciprocal Cross: two crosses with same characters taken in to consideration but with reversing the sexes.

Back Cross: Cross of F1 progeny with either of the parent

Test Cross: Crossing of F1 progeny with homozygous recessive parent. Used to determine whether an individual with dominant trait is homozygous or heterozygous. During Test Cross:

All Tall: Homozygous                                                   Tall: Dwarf=1:1 Heterozygous

When Aa is crossed with aa, what is the genotype and ratio of various genotypes in progeny? Can you give a name for this type of cross?

Reasons for Mendel’s Success:        Self-Fertilizing, easy to grow plant        Diploid plant        7 visible features Focused on few contrasting characters, 1 or 2 at time Kept accurate quantitative records

Post Mendel studies revealed interactions between genes.

Post Mendelism: Mendel stated ‘factors’ (genes) to be discrete units inherited independently of each other.

Gene Interactions of 2 types: Intragenic (Interallelic): between two alleles, present on same gene locus on two homologous chromosomes. E.g. Incomplete Dominance, Codominance, Multiple Alleles.

Intergenic (Non-Allelic): two or more independent genes present on same or different chromosomes. E.g. epistasis, duplicate genes, complementary genes.

Incomplete Dominance: Dominant gene does not completely express itself in heterozygotes. E.g. Mirabilis jalapa, P: Dom-Red, Rec- White F1: Pink

F1 genotypic ratio & Phenotypic ratio: 1:2:1

Codominance: Alleles expressed equally in F1.  E.g. Coat colour in Cattle. P: Black Coat & White Coat F1: Neither black/white, but fur with both white & black in patches (roan coat colour)

Genotypic & Phenotypic 1:2:1

Multiple Alleles: More than 2 alleles for a gene. Located at same locus, in different organisms in a population. At a time one organism has only 2 forms of these alleles, & a gamete has only one form (??)

e.g. Blood Groups in humans

Blood Groups: ABO type – discovery: Dr. Karl Landsteiner) Gene I; 3 alleles IA, IB, IO Any 2 forms present in a person; so the genotype combinations can be:__________, _________, _________, _________, _________, ___________ (Total 6) IA& IB Are codominant, while  IO is recessive to  IA& IB On this basis work out the phenotypes from the genotypes you’ve listed above

Thus ABO blood gp is an example of Codominance & Multiple Allelism Cause of Blood Gps: The plasma membrane of the red blood cells has sugar polymers that protrude from its surface and the kind of sugar is controlled by the gene I.

Pleiotropism: when one gene controls more than 1 phenotype.  E.g ·       Sickle Cells anaemia: Gene controls shape of RBC, & O2 carrying efficiency ·       B gene in Pea seeds: 2 forms B, b Phenotype 1 ü  BB: large starch grains, more efficient starch synthesis ü  Bb: intermediate size starch grains ü  bb: small starch grains, less efficient starch synthesis             Phenotype 2 ü  BB: round seeds ü  Bb: round seeds ü  Bb: wrinkled seeds

Can you tell the difference in expression pattern of the two phenotypes ??

Polygenic Inheritance: Poly ______; Genic: _______ Character expression controlled by many genes 3 or more genes have a cumulative effect on a particular character. Each dominant allele expresses a part of the trait. Full trait expression when all dominant alleles present. e.g. Kernel colour in wheat (2 pairs of genes) Height in humans (10 or more pairs of genes)

(interestingly shortness is dominant; so more the number of dominant alleles; shorter the person will be). Further height is also influenced by many environmental factors.

LIFE PROCESSES: INTRODUCTION

MOVEMENT & LIFE

–Visible movements are indicative of life

–Visible Movements can be:

üGrowth related

üNon growth related

–Some movements invisible to naked eye:

vVery small scale / molecular level movements

Molecular movements are defining criteria of life

            CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING: MOVEMENTS AT CELLULAR LEVEL

Required for repair & maintenance of organized structure

*Virus: show molecular structure only when in host cell

LIFE PROCESSES: Maintenance Processes in living organisms

–Processes essential for life

–Performed even when body seems to be doing nothing

–Require energy

They include:

qNutrition: to obtain food from outside. Food is source of energy. Common element in food C

qRespiration: For breakdown & burning of food, to obtain energy in a common form ATP. Requires O2. Involves oxidizing reducing reactions.

qTransportation: to carry food &  O2 to all parts of body

qExcretion: removal of by products / waste

Unicellular vs Multicellular:

vIn unicellular organisms Diffusion is sufficient to provide for exchange.

vIn multicellular diffusion not so because:

1.Large size, more needs

2.Not all cells are exposed to outer environment

LIFE PROCESSES (Introduction & Nutrition) PRETEST ANSWERS

So assuming that the reading pre test has been sincerely 😇 attempted, I'm today sharing the answers.
If you have not found time/interest to attempt the pre test before, make sure you do that before going through these answers.

1. Molecular movements are needed for life.

2.Energy for life processes is obtained through a process known as Nutrition.

3.Life on Earth depends on Carbon based molecules. (name of element)

4.The most common energy producing reactions in living organisms are oxidation - reduction reactions.

5.The maintenance processes such as nutrition, respiration & excretion are known as Life processes.

6.Besides plants, Bacteria are also capable of  autotrophic nutrition.

7.Breakdown of complex substances in to simple substances is done with help of bio-catalysts known as Enzymes.

8.Whittaker’s 2 groups that are essentially heterotrophs are Fungi & Animals.

9.Food reserve in plants is Starch, while in animals is Glycogen.

10. Leaves with 2 or more coloured patterns are known as Variegated leaves.

11.Opening and closing of stomata is controlled by Guard Cells cells.

12. N is taken in form of nitrates or nitrites from soil; or as organic N compounds prepared by Bacteria.

13. In Amoeba food is taken with the help of Pseudopodia_ while in Paramecium it is taken at a specific spot with the help of Cillia.

14. Watering of mouth is due to production of saliva which contains the enzyme Amylase.

15.  Contraction of muscles in inner lining of alimentary canal leads to movements known as Peristalsis.

16.  Small Intestine is the site of complete digestion in humans.

Self Assessment:

If you have managed ≥12 of 16, you are a good reader, and can easily proceed to next segment.

If you're between the range of 7-11, I suggest you read the pages from your NCERT once again before proceeding to the next segment.

If you're <7, make sure you work on your concentration skills.