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Agriculture · Q907

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 907

Q907

Which among the following do not follow independent assortment?

A.
Genes on non-homologous chromosome without Linkage
B.
Genes on Homologous chromosome
C.
Linked gene on same chromosome
Answer
D.
Unlinked gene on same chromosome

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
A linked gene on the same chromosome does not follow independent assortment.
whenever two genes are linked because of their location on a chromosome, their alleles will not segregate independently during gamete formation.
As a result, test crosses involving alleles of linked genes will yield phenotypic ratios that stray from the classic Mendelian ratios.