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Linkage and Crossing over

Concept of Linkage

  • The concept of linkage in genetics refers to the tendency of genes located on the same chromosome to be inherited together more frequently than expected by chance.
  • This phenomenon is a deviation from Mendel՚s law of independent assortment, which assumes that genes assort independently during gamete formation.
  • Linkage was a key observation that led to the development of the chromosomal theory of inheritance.
  • Thomas Hunt Morgan and his colleague…

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