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True-breeding red-eyed Drosophila flies with plain thorax were crossed with pink-eyed flies with striped thorax.
The flies were then test crossed against the double recessive.
The following F2 generation resulted from the cross:
80
16
12
92
Red-eye
Red-eye
Pink-eye
Pink-eye
Plain thorax
Striped thorax
Plain thorax
Striped thorax
What percentage number of recombinants resulted from the test cross?
(a)12
(b)14
(c)16
(d)28

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Important Questions on Principles of Inheritance and Variation
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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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Give one significant difference between the following:
Linkage and crossing over

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The following family tree traces the occurrence of a rare genetic disease. The filled symbols signify the individuals with the disease, whereas the open symbols signify healthy individuals.
Based on this information, the disease is most likely to be:

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