The polytene chromosomes were discovered for the first time in

  • A
    Chironomus
  • B
    Fruit fly
  • C
    Drosophila
  • D
    House fly

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Match the organism with the correct number of chromosomes present in its somatic cells.
List-$I$List-$II$
$(a)$ Human$(1)$ $24$
$(b)$ Apple$(2)$ $20$
$(c)$ Maize$(3)$ $34$
$(d)$ Rice$(4)$ $46$

Match the following columns correctly:
Column-$I$Column-$II$
$(a)$ Acrocentric$(p)$ Centromere slightly away from the middle
$(b)$ Telocentric$(q)$ Centromere in the middle
$(c)$ Submetacentric$(r)$ Centromere near the end
$(d)$ Metacentric$(s)$ Centromere at the terminal end

Balbiani rings (puffs) are sites of:

Chromosomes having equal or almost equal arms are called

The width of the perinuclear space is $.............$.

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