Principles of Inheritance and Variation Question 56

56. Lack of independent assortment of two genes A and B in fruit fly Drosophila is due to [2004]

(a) repulsion

(b) recombination

(c) linkage

(d) crossing over

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Answer : c

Hints & Solution

(c) The lack of independent assortment in sweet pea and Drosophila is due to linkage.