Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason(R). Assertion (A): Mendel's law of Independent assortment does not hold good for the genes that are located closely on the same chromosome. Reason (R): Closely located genes assort independently. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason(R). Assertion (A): Mendel's law of Independent assortment does not hold good for the genes that are located closely on the same chromosome. Reason (R): Closely located genes assort independently. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below: (A) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct (B) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) (C) Both (A) and (R) are correct but ( R ) is not the correct explanation of (A) (D) (A) is correct but ( R ) is not correct

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Correct answer is (d) (A) is correct but ( R ) is not correct