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In Drosophila, the gene for wing shape (wild type or arc), and the gene for body color (wild type or black) are located on the same chromosome. A test cross was performed between a fly heterozygous for both wing shape and body color with another fly homozygous recessive for both traits. The cross resulted in the numbers of each offspring is as follows

No of OffspringTrait
682Wild-Type
517Black
489Arc
716Arc-Black
How many linkage map units apart are these two genes?

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5.8LMU
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42LMU
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58LMU
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It is not possible to determine from the data given
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The correct option is B 42LMU
The distance between the genes is calculated using the number of recombinants. The recombinants are black and arc. So, the distance can be calculated by (total number of recombinants/ total number of progeny) x 100= (517+489/2404) x 100= (1006/2404) x 100= 41.8=42 LMU.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

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