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How many linkage groups are present in human male?

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What are the significance of crossing over ?
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The genetic distance between genes A and B is 10 cM. An organism with Ab combination of the alleles is crossed with the organism with aB combination of alleles. What will be the percentage of the gametes with AB allele combination by an F1 individual?
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Write differences between linkage and crossing over.
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Discuss bee linkage and gene exchange.
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A plant heterozygous for height and flower colour TtRr are selfed and 1600 of the resulting seeds are planted. If the distance between the loci controlling height and the flower colour is 1 centiMorgan (cM), then how many offsprings are expected to be short with white flower ttrr? 
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What are the conclusions drawn by T.H. Morgan from the crossing experiments in Drosophila with respect to linkage?
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What is sex linkage?
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The recombination frequency between the genes a and c is 5%, b and c is 15%, b and d is 9%, a and b is 20%, c and d is 24% and a and d is 29%. What will be the sequence of these genes on a linear chromosome?
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Assertion (A): The proportion of parental gene combinations was much lighter than non-parental type

Reason (R): Gene combination is due to linkage of the two genes

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How did Sturtevant explain gene mapping while working with Morgan?
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of Drosophila melanogaster?
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What map unit (Centimorgan) is adopted in the construction of genetic maps?
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More recombinants types are formed when
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"Complete linkage is rare" explain it with a suitable example.
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Identify the incorrect statement from the following.
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Select the correct statement.
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Given below are two statements one is labelled as: Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Mendel's law of independent assortments does not hold good for the genes that are located closely on the same chromosome.

Reason (R): Closely located genes assort independently.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Give one significant difference between the following:

Linkage and crossing over

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In a dihybrid cross between genes yellow, white and miniature characters, the parental % between yellow and white and recombination % is 92 and 8 respectively, and the cross between white and miniature characters, the recombination is 38% and parental is 62%. Identify the genetic map of these.
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In a testcross involving F1 dihybrid flies, more parental-type offspring were produced than the recombinant-type offspring. This indicates: