JCECE Medical JCECE Medical Solved Paper-2014

  • question_answer
    Lack of independent assortment of two genes-A and B in fruitfly (Drosophild) is due to

    A)  repulsion           

    B)  recombination

    C)  linkage         

    D)  crossing over

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

     T H Morgan and Bateson explained lack of independent assortment in Drosophila and sweet (respectively) pea due to linkage. When closely linked gene in a group transmitted as a single unit, the phenomenon is called linkage. It stops the process of independent assortment.


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