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Pedigree Questions

The document discusses various inheritance patterns illustrated through pedigree charts, focusing on traits like polydactyly and attached ear lobes. It poses multiple-choice questions regarding the inheritance of these traits, including whether they are autosomal or sex-linked, dominant or recessive. The document also includes specific examples of genotypes and probabilities related to the occurrence of these traits in offspring.

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Pedigree Questions

The document discusses various inheritance patterns illustrated through pedigree charts, focusing on traits like polydactyly and attached ear lobes. It poses multiple-choice questions regarding the inheritance of these traits, including whether they are autosomal or sex-linked, dominant or recessive. The document also includes specific examples of genotypes and probabilities related to the occurrence of these traits in offspring.

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118.

In the given human hand pedigree which character is


represented and what is the probability of disease
occurrence in fifth child [NCERT]

Daughter Daughter Son Daughter


1
(a) Polydactyly (X- linked recessive disorder), 50%
(b) Polydactyly (X- linked dominant disorder), 50%
(c) Polydacty)y(autosomal recessive disorder) ,50%
(d) Polydactyly (autosomal dominant disorder),50%
11

1.
Sex linked Inheritance

This pedigree is of a rare trait, in which children have extra
fingers and toes. Which one of the following patterns of
inheritance is consistent with this pedigree [AIIMS 2009]

(a) Autosomal recessive (b) Autosomal dominant


(c) Y-linkage (d) Sex linked recessive
2. Study the pedigree chart given below
Mitosis

Interphase

What does its show (CBSE PMT 2009)


(a) Inheritance of a sex-linked inborn error of metabolism
like phenylketonuria
(b) Inheritance of a condition like phenylketonuria as an
autosomal recessive trait
(c) The pedigree chart is wrong as this is not possible
(d) Inheritance of a recessive sex-linked disease like
haemophilia
A __ _ __ • I •• I • ,, I
46.
Normal - O- ~
I- □ -o
IV
II
Diseased - e-~
11 -a

In the abov e given pedigree, assume that no outsider


marrying in, carry a disease. Write the genotypes of II and III
[EAMCET 2009 ]
{a) All XdY (b) XoY and X°Xd
(c) xdx xdy and xdyD (d) xdxd and XdY
\-, - -
ow is a p edig re e c h a rt snow111~ u, w U••--

51. Giv en bel


rtain sex -link ed trait in h u m a n s
ce
Generation 1
Generation 2
Generation 3
[NCERT; A II M S 2 0 0 5 ]
Key:
D Unaffected male
~ Affected male
0 Unaffected female
~ Affected fem ale
The trait traced in the above pedigree chart is
(a) Dominant X-linked (b) Recessive X-linked
(c) Dom,. in.. ant Y-linked (d) Recessive Y-linked
~
{d) ·r h ts a1sease l!) u u ~ LV .. ------- - - - ~

e d ig re e ch a rt o f a fam ily w ith fiue


58. Given b e lo w is a p s ar
ri ta n ce o f a tt a ch e d ea rlobe
children. It shows the inhe n t the m al e ·
. T h e sq u ar es re p rese
opposed to the free ones
and circles the female individuals
individuals

Attached ■ Free E.ar D


l:ar Lobe e
Lobe 0
owing conclusions d ra w n is correct
Which one o f the fall
~
MS2 [AII
parents are homozygous recessive
(a) The
(b) The trait is Y-linked
he par ents are hom o zyg ou s d o m in ant
(c) T
__(d ) The p aren ts ar e heterozy go u s
__
I62l. - y the pedigree chart of a certain familY given.below a~d ---
•""Stud
"w - - - "'. ,.,, , · - " '- " I • - I C, - " "

si on w hi ch ca n be dr aw n fo r the
select the correct co nc lu
[N C E R T; C B S E PMT(Mains) 2010]
character

(a) The female pa re nt is heterozygous


t ha ve a no rm al da ug ht er fo r this
(b) The pa re nt s co ul d no
character
st ud y co ul d no t be co lour-b lindn es s
(c) The tr ai t un de r
m al e pa re nt is ho .m oz yg ou s do mi,nant
(d) The u,hn
__ ._ __ , C' in ht
Th e following is~ a ~d i;;~ e-" ch; rt -~f ~ ~~ ;:-~i!h fi~;
- lobes as
chilclren. It sho ws the inheritance of attached ' ear
the male
op po sed to the free ones. The squares represent
an d circles the fem ale individuals
[NCER11

Free 0 Attached e
Ear-lobe ■
~ Ear-lobe □

rect
Wh ich on e of the following conclusions drawn is cor
(a) Th e par ent s are homozygous dom ina nt
(b) Th e par ent s are homozygous recessive
(c) Th e par ent s are heterozygous
(d) Th e tra it is Y - linked
ter. Their
66 . If hu sba nd is PTC taster and wife is PTC non tas
s is not
dau ght ers are non tasters but their son is taster. Thi
d wh ich
rel ate d with a sex-linked trait. Ou t of four a, b, c,
[NC
ped igr ee is cor rec t

(b)
(a}

(d)
(c)

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