Consider the following statements regarding aneuploids and choose the correct answer:
1. Aneuploidy may arise by the perpetuation of a cell in which, through a failure of anaphase of mitosis, one or more chromosomes may be lost
2. Aneuploidy in diploids is much less viable than aneuploidy in polyploids
3. In true aneuploids there are complete genomes, plus a fraction of a genome
4. False aneuploids may contain supernumerary chromosomes
A. Only 1, 2 and 3 are true
B. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are true
C. Only 2, 3 and 4 are
D. Only 1 is true
Answer: Option B
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A piece of DNA molecule that can serve as a carrier for the gene to be cloned is called as a
A. Virus
B. Vector
C. DNA junk
D. Gene factor
A haploid organism contains only one set of chromosomes, and is said to be
A. Homozygous
B. Heterozygous
C. Hemizygous
D. Holozygous
Which of the following is the correct pair?
A. Darwin - Use and disuse of organs
B. de Vries - Mutation theory
C. Lamarck - Origin of life
D. Haldane - Law of heredity

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