ISHAN SHAH

Heredity and Evolution

1- Who proposed the theory of Inheritance of acquired characters.
2- What is a retrovirus.
3- During which stage of cell division can chromosome be seen.
4- What are the components of chromosomes.
5- What are the two purine nitrogenous bases found in DNA molecule.
6- What are fossils?of what interest are fossils to the evolutionary biologist.
7- Water the three chemically essential parts of nucleotides constituting a DNA.
8- Why did Mendel choose pea plant for his experiments on genetics.
9- Give one difference between eyes and eye spot which animal possesses eye spots.
10- What are transgenic organisms which property of DNA is used as a tool in genetic
engineering.
11- Is it a matter of chance whether a couple will give birth to a male child or female child.
justify.
12- Will geographical isolation be a major factor in the speciation of a self pollination plant
species.
13- Explain true law of Mendel.
14- How are fossils formed and give correct explanation about the existence of the species.
15- Why can the wings of a bird and the wings of a bat not be considered analogous.
16- Define palaeontology what is its importance.
17- Write and explain two factors which could lead to the rise of a new species.
18- Write five basic features of Darwin's theory.
19- Justify logically that many genes are present on one chromosome.
20- Variations that confer an advantage to an individual organism only will survive in a
population justify.
21- Who coined the term factor.
22- What is the basis of sex determination in most plants and animals.
23- The sex of the children is determined by what they inherit from their father and not from the
mother justify.
24- Are the variations created by sexual reproduction heritable or non heritable.
25- How blood group decides in sexually reproducing species.
26- A woman has only daughters analyse the situation genetically and provide suitable
explanation.
27- A very small population of species faces a greater threat of extinction than a larger
population provide a suitable genetic explanation.
28- Give the basic features of the mechanism of inheritance.
29- All the human races like Africans Asians Europeans Americans and others might have
evolved from a common ancestor provide a little evidence in support of your answer.
30- What do you mean by reproductive isolation.
31- What are autosomes and sex chromosomes.
32- Who coined the term gene.
33- What do you mean by phylogenetic system of classification.
34- How is the chromosome number restored in zygote.
35- Mention two sources of variation.
36- Why are the small numbers of surviving tigers a cause of worry from the point of view of
genetics.
37- State Law of independent assortment.
38- How age of the fossils be determined.
39- What are the different approaches to determine evolutionary history of man.
40- How does archaeopteryx provide evidence for Organic evolution.