MZO-2 2024 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

Description

M.Sc. (Zoology) Programme
(MSCZOO)
Genetics and Animal Biotechnology
Valid from 1
st January, 2024 to 31
st December, 2024
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code: MZO-002
Assignment Code: MZO-002/TMA/2024
Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Attempt all questions. The marks for each question are indicated against it.
1. Explain the Mendel’s classical experiments and laws of heredity. (10)
2. Describe the different types of sex-linked inheritance patterns. (10)
3. What is gene? Explain “One gene-one enzyme hypothesis” with the
help of a suitable diagram.
(4+6=10)
4. Explain the phenomena of linkage and crossing over. Add a note on
recombination frequency as a measure to distance between genes.
(5+5=10)
5. What is mutation? Describe the two general classes of gene mutations. (2+8=10)
6. What are transcription factors? Explain the role of different “general”
and “specific” transcription factors present in eukaryotes.
(2+8=10)
7. Describe sex determination and its types. Add a note on sex
determination in C. elegans.
(5+5=10)
8. Write a note on diseases and syndromes due to changes in
chromosome numbers.
(10)
9. What are transgenic plants? With the help of a suitable diagram
describe the technique of Agrobacterium tumefacines – medicated
transformation for the development of transgenic plants.
(2+8=10)
10. Describe the technique of CRISPR/Cas 9 based targeted genome
editing.