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प्रश्न
What is a linkage? How many linkage groups do occur in human being?
उत्तर
The tendency of two or more genes present on the same chromosomes to be inherited together is known as linkage.
Humans have 23 linkage groups because they have 23 pairs of chromosomes. The maize plant has 10 linkage groups because it has 10 pairs of chromosomes.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the scientific name of the organism Thomas Hunt Morgan and his colleagues worked with for their experiments. Explain the correlation between linkage and recombination with respect to genes as studied by them.
British geneticist R.C. Punnett developed a graphical representation of a genetic cross called “Punnett Square”. Mention the possible result this representation predicts of the genetic cross carried.
Differentiate between complete and incomplete linkage.
Which of the following refers to tendency of genes to inherit together?
The distance between the genes is measured by ______.
Which of the following is suitable for experiment on linkage?
A fruit fly heterozygous for sex-linked genes, is mated with normal female fruit fly. Male specific chromosome will enter egg cell in the proportion ______.
Genes located very close to one another on same chromosome tend to be transmitted together and are called as ______.
What is true about the crossing over between linked genes?
What is the pattern of inheritance in the above pedigree chart?
