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  4. Lack of independent assortment of two genes A and B in fruit fly Drosophila is due to

Q. Lack of independent assortment of two genes and in fruit fly Drosophila is due to

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Solution:

Lack of independent assortment of two genes A and B in fruit fly Drosophila is due to linkage When genes are closely present link together in a group and transmitted as a single unit this phenomenon is called linkage. It was discovered by Morgan. It is an exception of Mendel's principle of independent assortment.