List of top Life Science Questions

The table below lists different insects and taxonomic orders. Choose the option that matches the animal to its correct taxonomic order. Animal Taxonomic order P) Moths i) Hemiptera Q) True bugs ii) Orthoptera R) Crickets iii) Coleoptera S) Beetles iv) Lepidoptera v) Diptera

In haplodiploid organisms, males are haploid and females are diploid. Consider the relatedness diagram shown below. Female A has a full-sister, Y, who has a daughter, B. The relatedness between A and B is ___________. (Rounded off to three decimal places)

The production of anthocyanin pigments in pea flowers requires the presence of at least one dominant allele in each of two independently assorting genes, C and P. The presence of anthocyanin results in purple flowers, whereas its absence gives white flowers. A cross between two double heterozygous (CcPp) plants is performed. What is the expected ratio of plants with purple flowers to plants with white flowers?

Match the diseases to the pathogens that cause them. Diseases Pathogens P) Avian malaria i) Virus Q) COVID-19 in humans ii) Plasmodium R) Chytrid disease in frogs iii) Mosquito iv) Fungus