Genetic linkage is a process in which the genes present on the chromosome are located so close to each other that they cannot be separated and hence are transferred as a unit. It was studied by scientists back in 1905 that in pea plant, the genes responsible for the color of a flower and the shape of pollen grain are located very close to each other on the same chromosome and they are inherited together.
On the contrary, the genes that are located at a distance from each other tend to get separated through the phenomenon of genetic recombination which takes place during meiosis.
Meiotic nondisjunction is much more likely than mitotic nondisjunction. Based on
A woman who is heterozygous, Bb, has brown eyes;
Explain why familial breast cancer shows a dominant pattern of inheritance in
How is an F′ factor different from an F factor?
With regard to the timing of conjugation, explain why the recipient
The raw material for evolution is random mutation. Discuss whether or
Why is an antibody used in this experiment? From
Explain the type of speciation (allopatric, parapatric, or sympatric
In fruit flies, curved wings are recessive to straight wings,
A recessive allele in mice results in an unusally long neck.
