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Q. What is the recombination percentage between gene y and w in Drosophila?

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Principles of Inheritance and Variation

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The recombination frequency of the test cross progeny is always lower than 50%. Therefore, if any two genes are completely linked, their recombination frequency is almost 0%. The phenomenon of linkage was studied by the scientist T.H. Morgan using the common fruit fly or Drosophila melanogaster.
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