Two Loci on a Human Chromosome Are About 1,500,000 Nucleotide

Multiple Choice

Two loci on a human chromosome are about 1,500,000 nucleotide pairs apart and are found to recombine in about 2% of gametes during gametogenesis. Consistently, each genetic map unit (which corresponds to 1% recombination) in humans is equivalent to a physical distance of about … nucleotide pairs.

A) 30 million
B) 7.5 million
C) 3 million
D) 0.75 million
E) 0.3