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  • Neurospora is used as an experimental tool in


  • Options
  • A. ecology
  • B. cytology
  • C. genetics
  • D. physiology

  • Correct Answer
  • genetics 


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    • 1. Using bovine papilloma virus (BPV) derived vectors, permanent cell lines can be obtained carrying a recombinant DNA

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    • A. episomally only
    • B. integrated only
    • C. either episomally or integrated at high copy number
    • D. either episomally or integrated at low copy number
    • Discuss
    • 2. During meiosis crossing over takes place at

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    • A. zygotene stage
    • B. diplotene stage
    • C. diakinesis stage
    • D. pachytene stage
    • Discuss
    • 3. Cross protection against viruses in transgenic plants can be obtained by

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    • A. inoculating the susceptible strain of a crop with a mild strain of a virus that helps in developing resistance against more virulent strain
    • B. inoculating the susceptible strain with the coat proteins of virulent strain
    • C. inoculating the susceptible strain with genes of nucleocapsid
    • D. any of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. The percentage of individual with a given genotype, which exhibits the associated phenotype, is defined as

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    • A. penetrance
    • B. expressivity
    • C. inheritance percent
    • D. environmental influence
    • Discuss
    • 5. What are the various disadvantages of cross protection?

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    • A. Possibility of mutations in inducing mild virus strain
    • B. Possibility of synergism between inducing virus and other unrelated virus
    • C. Possibility of unnecessary spread of mild virus
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. In submerged process for the fermentation to produce citric acid,

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    • A. A. niger is used with solid substrate as sweet potato
    • B. A. niger floats on the surface of solution
    • C. Fungal mycelium grows through out the solution in a deep tank
    • D. both (a) and (b)
    • Discuss
    • 7. Cellular totipotency is the property of

    • Options
    • A. plants
    • B. animals
    • C. bacteria
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. At low glucose concentration, below 0.25 mmol/litre, large portions of glucose and glutamine is shunted via

    • Options
    • A. oxidative pathway
    • B. anaerobic pathway
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which substrate is used in the fermentation of citric acid?

    • Options
    • A. Beet molasses
    • B. Sucrose
    • C. Starch hydrolysate
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. During the growth of animal cells in culture, it is noticed that the cells do not look very healthy. After an investigation, this is found that there is a lot of lactic acid in the culture fluid. What is probably wrong with this culture?

    • Options
    • A. Ethyl alcohol is being produced in excess
    • B. The cells have too much oxygen
    • C. Glycolysis is being inhibited
    • D. The cells do not have enough oxygen
    • Discuss


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