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Q.

Which statements are not true regarding the Chromosome theory of inheritance?
(i) It was proposed by Sutton and Boveri independently in 1902.
(ii) No similarity between the transmission of hereditary characters and behavior of chromosomes during inheritance. 
(iii) Both chromosomes and genes occur in pairs in the somatic or diploid cells.
(iv) A gamete contains only one chromosome of a type and only one of the two alleles of a character.
(v) The paired condition of both chromosomes and Mendelian factors is restored during fertilization.

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a

only ii

b

i and iv

c

iv and v

d

ii and iii

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

By 1902, the chromosome movement during meiosis had been worked out. Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri noted that the behavior of chromosomes was parallel to the behavior of genes and used chromosome movement to explain Mendel’s laws.

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