Marriages between close relatives and cousins is not advisable because

  • A

    More mutations can occur

  • B

    More recessive defects are likely to appear

  • C

    More chances are there for $Rh$ blood group anomalies

  • D

    More chances are there for multiple births

Similar Questions

Match the following columns.

Column $- I$ Column $- II$
$(w)$ Blood group $(a)$ Polygenic inheritance
$(x)$ Skin colour $(b)$ Aneuploidy
$(y)$ Mendelian disorder $(c)$ Incomplete dominance
$(z)$ Chromosomal disorder $(d)$ Sickle-cell anaemia
  $(e)$ Co-dominance

Which of the following pairs is $wrongly$ matched?

  • [NEET 2018]

Pick out the correct statements.

$(1)$ Haemophilia is a sex­linked recessive disease.

$(2)$ Down’s syndrome is due to aneuploidy.

$(3)$ Phenylketonuria is an autosomal recessive gene disorder.

$(4)$ Sickle cell anaemia is an $X$-­linked recessive gene disorder.

  • [NEET 2016]

Match the following:

Column $- I$ Column $- II$
$(1)$ Inheritance of two genes $(a)\; ABO$ blood group
$(2)$ Incomplete dominance $(b)\; 1:2:1$
$(3)$ Codominance $(c)\;9:3:3:1$
$(4)$ Inheritance of one gene $(d)\; 3:1$

How many sentence are correct ?

$(i)$ Every gene contains the information to express a particular trait.

$(ii)$ Gene responsible for $\beta$ - thalassemia is present on $21^{st}$ pair of autosomal chromosome.

$(iii)$ Mendel's approach of using mathematics to explain biological phenomena was totally new and unacceptable to many of the biologists of his time.