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1. Allele is the alternative form of gene.
2. The term epistasis was first used by Bateson.
3. Inheritance is governed by plasma gene.
4. Complete linkage is also known as coupling phase linkage.
5. The term nucleic acid was first used by Altmann.
6. The term gene was coined by Johannsen in 1909.
7. Jumping gene was first discovered in Maize.
8. Cytoplasmic genes are found in mitochondria and chloroplast.
9. The dominance hypothesis of heterosis was first proposed by Davenport in 1908.
10. Concept of line x tester analysis was developed by Kempthorne in 1957.
11. Define allogamy and mechanisms to promote cross-pollination.
12. Concept of origin of cultivated plants.
13. Law of independent assortment.
14. Use of heterosis in hybrid seed production.
15. Jumping gene concept.
16. Hardy-Weinberg law.
17. Role of chemical and physical mutagens.
18. How to develop pure line and inbred line.
19. Different methods used to breed asexually propagated plants.
20. What is pre-breeding, and how is it useful in modern breeding strategies?
21. What is polyploidy, its type, and how is it useful in plant breeding?
22. Discuss various biotechnological tools currently being used in plant breeding.
23. Explain DNA markers in detail.
24. Write down different steps involved in maintaining breeding records.
25. Role of Mendel's laws in genetics and plant breeding and all three laws in detail.
26. Define these terms: Apomixis, Self-incompatibility, Male sterility, Acclimatization, Recurrent selection, Back Cross, Wide hybridization.