Questions for 16 July zoology
 Q:-1 Describe the general feature and life cycle of Nereis and compare its general body plan with earthworm. (20)   Q:-2 Define linkage. How concept of linkage had  established? Discuss its significance with examples. (15)   Q:-3 Female Drosophila with cinnabar eye (cn) and vestigial wings (vg) were mated to males with roof wings (rf). The F1 were all wild-type. When the F1 females were test crossed with males homozygous for all three traits the following result were obtained.  382 cinnabar, vestigial P  401 roof       P  3 cinnabar DCO    4 roof, vestigial DCO  59 cinnabar, roof, vestigial SCO1  67 wild SCO1  44 cinnabar, roof SCO2  40 vestigial SCO2  Calculate following  a) gene order  b) Interference  Draw gene map.  (20)   Q:-4 What is recombination? Discuss its significance. (10)   Q:-5 Describe the life cycle of Leach with well labelled diagrams. (15)