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You Are Trying to Determine the Linkage Map of a Series

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You are trying to determine the linkage map of a series of genes, X, Y, and Z, from Caenorhabditis elegans, a nematode worm commonly used in scientific research. From doing several crossover experiments, you know that the recombination frequency between X and Y is 11.5%, between Y and Z is 13%, and between X and Z is 25%. What is a possible sequence of these genes?


A) X-Z-Y
B) Y-Z-X
C) Z-X-Y
D) X-Y-Z

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