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Genetics: Analysis and Principles 5th Edition by Robert Brooker

Edition 5ISBN: 978-0073525341
book Genetics: Analysis and Principles 5th Edition by Robert Brooker cover

Genetics: Analysis and Principles 5th Edition by Robert Brooker

Edition 5ISBN: 978-0073525341
Exercise 31
Morgan observed a higher number of recombinant offspring involving eye color and wing length (401 + 318) than recombinants for body color and eye color (17 + 12). These results occurred because
A) the genes affecting eye color and wing length are farther apart on the X chromosome than are the genes affecting body color and eye color
B) the genes affecting eye color and wing length are closer together on the X chromosome than are the genes affecting body color and eye color
C) the gene affecting wing length is not on the X chromosome
D) the gene affecting body color is not on the X chromosome.
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The option (b) is incorrect as the genes...

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