Lack of independent assortment of two genes 'A' and 'B' in fruit fly-*Drosophila* is a due to

NEET Biology question

Lack of independent assortment of two genes '' and '' in fruit fly-*Drosophila* is a due to

(A)Repulsion
(B)Recombination
(C)LinkageCorrect
(D)Crossing over

Answer: (C)

Solution

When two genes are located close together on the same chromosome, they tend to be inherited together rather than assorting independently — this is linkage, as demonstrated by T.H. Morgan in *Drosophila* (and earlier suspected by Bateson in sweet pea),

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