Welcome to your MCQ on Genetics and Plant Breeding
1. Which of the following is the basic unit of heredity?
2. In Mendel's experiments with pea plants, what ratio did he observe in the F2 generation when crossing true-breeding plants for a single trait?
3. What is the term for the genetic makeup of an organism?
4. Which process involves the exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes?
5. Which plant breeding technique involves the deliberate interbreeding of closely or distantly related individuals to produce new crop varieties or lines?
6. What is the term for the observable characteristics or traits of an organism resulting from the interaction between its genotype and the environment?
7. Which of the following is a technique used in modern biotechnology to introduce a specific gene from one organism into another to confer a desired trait?
8. In plant breeding, what does the term "heterosis" refer to?
9. Which of the following is a method used to produce genetically identical plants from a single parent plant?
10. What is the term for the phenomenon where an allele expresses itself more strongly in the phenotype when paired with an identical allele?
