Principles of Inheritance and Variation Question 68
68. There are three genes $a, b, c$. Percentage of crossing over between a and b is $20 %, b$ and c is $28 %$ and $a$ and $c$ is $8 %$. What is the sequence of genes on chromosome?
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(a) b, a, c
(b) a, b, c
(c) a, c, b
(d) none of these
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Answer : a
Hints & Solution
(a) $a-b=20 %, b-c=28 %, a-c=8 %$ Percent crossing over between two genes is proportional to the distance between them.
