Principles of Inheritance and Variation Question 63

63. The genes controlling the seven pea characters studied by Mendel are now known to be located on how many different chromosomes?

(a) Four

(b) Seven

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(d) Five

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Answer : a

Hints & Solution

(a) The seven traits are now known to be present on 4 chromosomes. But they do not show linkage, because of large distances between them on the chromosome.



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