Mendel observed that some characters did not assort independently. Later researchers found it to be due to

  • A

    Crossing-over

  • B

    Linkage

  • C

    Dominance of one trait over the other

  • D

    Amitosis

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In Drosophila, long wing and broad abdomen characters are dominant over to characters vestigeal wing and narrow abdomen. A pure breeding Drosophila having long wings and broad abdomen is crossed with a pure breeding vestigeal-winged and narrow-abdomened Drosophila. Two of the $F_1$ individuals were crossed and the following results were produced in the $F_2$ generation Long wing, broad abdomen in $482$ Drosophila. Vestigeal wing, narrow abdomen in $154$ Drosophila. Which one of the following is illustrated by these results

In Mendelism, linkage was not observed due to

Which of the following statements is not trueof two genes that show $50\%$ recombination frequency ?

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Definitions / Explanation : Linkage
 

Alleles of different genes that are on the same chromosome may occasionally be separated by a phenomenon known as