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Number of linkage groups in drosophila are


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The correct option is B

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The correct option is A.

Explanation for the correct option:

  1. Linkage refers to the tendency of genes on the same chromosome to stay together throughout hereditary transmission.
  2. Linked genes are genes that are found on the same chromosome.
  3. Bateson and Punnet identified the notion of linking in the sweat pea plant, Lathyrus odoratus, in 1906.
  4. However, Thomas Hunt Morgan proposed the concept of linkage in 1910, based on his Drosophila melanogaster experiment.
  5. It has 4 linkage groups, that is, the number of chromosomes that form the genome.

Final answer: Number of linkage groups in drosophila are 4.


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