ICSE biology

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CBSEENBI12002030

What are vestigial organs?

Solution

The organs which have no apparent utility in the present organisms but were functional in the ancestors are vestigial organs.

eg ; nictitating membrane as a remnant of third eyelid

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CBSEENBI12002031

Define root pressure.

Solution

It may be defined as the pressure under which water passes from the living cells of the root into the xylem. It is the pressure set up by the cortical cells of the root upon the liquid contents under fully turgid conditions forcing a quantity of it to flow into the xylem vessels and through them, upwards into the stem.

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CBSEENBI12002032

What is incomplete dominance?

Solution

The phenomenon in which neither of the alleles is dominant over the other and the offspring exhibits a phenotype intermediate between the parents

eg; flower color in snapdragon

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CBSEENBI12002033

What is genetic conservation?

Solution

Genetic conservation is the conservation of biodiversity by cryopreservation,in gene banks,etc

Question
CBSEENBI12002034

Monadelphous Stamens are those which:

  • united into more than two bundles

  • united into two bundles

  • united into one bundle 

  • remain free

Solution

C.

united into one bundle