Principle Of Inheritance And Variation Question 24
Question: Polytene or giant chromosomes are found in [KCET 1994; AFMC 1999]
Options:
A) Salivary glands of man
B) Salivary glands of woman
C) Salivary glands of all animals
D) Salivary glands of Drosophila
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Answer:
Correct Answer: D
Solution:
Polytene chromosomes are multistranded giant chromosomes which are formed by somatic pairing of homologous chromosomes and their repeated replication or endoduplication to form 1000 (e.g.
salivary of gland of Drosophila) to 16000 (eg.
chironomous) chromonemata.
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