Question

Do you think Mendel's laws of inheritance would have been different if the characters that he chose were located on the same chromosome.

Answer 1

Mendel's laws of inheritance

Gregor Mendel, through his work on garden pea plants (Pisum sativum), proposed the fundamental laws of inheritance in Genetics. These are called the Mendel's laws of inheritance:

• Law of dominance
• Law of segregation
• Law of independent assortment

Linkage

Linkage is defined as the phenomenon of genes present on the same chromosome to stay combined as a group and inherited to the next generation.

Result of the location of genes (characters) chosen by Mendel on the same chromosome

Yes, Mendel's laws of inheritance would have been different if the characters that he chose were located on the same chromosome.

The linked genes would not have segregated and got assorted independently during the gamete formation. Thus, the law of segregation and independent assortment would not have been developed.