The term heterosis was coined by____________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. The term useful heterosis was first used by__________________?

   A. Meredith and Bridge (1972)
   B. Richey (1914)
   C. Jenkins (1935)
   D. Hull (1950)

2. Dominance hypothesis of heterosis was first proposed by__________________?

   A. Davenport (1908)
   B. Shull (1914)
   C. Bruce (1910)
   D. Davis (1927)

3. Heterosis can be fully exploited in the form of_____________________?

   A. Composites
   B. Hybrids
   C. Multi lines
   D. Synthetics

4. Heterosis can be fixed by___________________?

   A. Apomixis
   B. Polyploidy
   C. Asexual reproduction
   D. All the above

5. Heterosis results due to____________________?

   A. Dominance
   B. Overdominance
   C. Epistasis
   D. All the above

6. The term vernalization was first used in 1928 by____________________?

   A. Chailakhian
   B. Gassner
   C. Lysenko
   D. Wrinkker

7. Who coined the term genetic flexibility and phenotypic flexibility___________________?

   A. Hardy (1908)
   B. Thoday (1953)
   C. Salisbury (1940)
   D. Muller (1950)

8. The term ideotype was coined by_____________________?

   A. Jennings (1958)
   B. Finlay (1968)
   C. Rasmesson (1987)
   D. Donald (1968)

9. The term gene was coined by__________________?

   A. Batson
   B. Wilhelm Johannsen
   C. Punned
   D. Darlington

10. The term poly genes was coined by___________________?

    A. Yates (1947)
    B. Hazel (1943)
    C. Mather (1943)
    D. Griffing (1956)