Question

Diploids are better for mutation experimental studies.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was addressed to me in an interview for internship.

I would like to ask this question from Inheritance and Variation Principles topic in section Principles of Inheritance and Variation of Biology – Class 12

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) False

Easiest explanation: It is not true that diploids are better for mutation experimental studies. Instead, haploids are taken for mutation experimental studies because all the mutations, whether dominant or recessive can get expressed immediately in haploids, as there is only one allele of each gene present in every cell.