Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Define Linkage.
Advertisements
Solution
The tendency of the genes on the same chromosome to inherit together is called linkage.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
What is criss-cross inheritance?
Give an example of complete linkage.
Analyse the following statements with respect to complete sex linkage and select the correct option.
- It is exhibited by genes located on non-homologous regions of X and Y chromosomes
- Y-linked trait is hypertrichosis.
- X-linked traits are haemophilia, red-green colour blindness, myopia (near sightedness).
The genetic map distance between two genes located on the same chromosome can be analyzed by calculating ____________.
Linkage reduces the frequency of ______.
In a given plant, red colour (R) of fruit is dominant over white fruit (r); and tallness (T) is dominant over dwarfness (t). If a plant with genotype RRTt is crossed with a plant of genotype rrtt, what will be the percentage of tall plants with red fruits in the next generation?
What will be the distribution of phenotypic features in the first filial generation after a cross between a homozygous female and a heterozygous male for a single locus?
What is true about the crossing over between linked genes?
When ‘Aa’ is crossed with ‘aa’, (A is dominant over a)
From a cross AABb x aaBb, the genotypes AaBB : AaBb : Aabb will be obtained in the ratio ______.
