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- Discuss the physiological bases of heterosis.
Sourav - Write short notes on the following: (i) sickle cell anaemia, (ii) pab locus in Neurospora, (ili) ma gene in maize, (iv) Adh alleles in maize, (v) inbreeding depression, and (vi) hybrid vigour.
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- Explain the dominance and overdominance hypotheses of heterosis giving their muin features, objections and answers to the objections. Which of the above two hypotheses is more widely accepted and why ?
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- Define heterosis. List its characteristic features, applications and achievements in crop improvement.
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- What are the man features of inbreeding depressipn? Briefly describe the degrees of inhreeding depression encountered in crop species.
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- Diffetentiate between the following ; (i) homozygous and homogeneous lines, (it) homozygous and heterozygous balance, (iji) genetic coad and gene pool, (iv) heterosis and luxuriance, (v) heterosis and hybrid vigour, (vi) dominance and overdominance.
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