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A Homozygous Tomato Plant with Red Fruit and Yellow Flowers

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A homozygous tomato plant with red fruit and yellow flowers was crossed with a homozygous tomato plant with golden fruit and white flowers. The F1 had red fruit and yellow flowers. F1 plants were testcrossed (crossing them to homozygous recessive individuals) , and the following offspring were obtained:
Red fruit and yellow flowers-41
Red fruit and white flowers-7
Golden fruit and yellow flowers-8
Golden fruit and white flowers-44
How many map units separate these genes?


A) 17.6
B) 15
C) 17.1
D) The genes are on different (non-homologous) chromosomes

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