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An individual homozygous for genes cd is crossed with wild type and F1 crossed back with the double recessive. The appearance of the offspring is as follows
+ + →        903
cd →         897
+d →         98
c+ →         102

The distance between the genes c and d is
BiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationNEET
Options:
  • A 20 map units
  • B 9.8 map units
  • C 10.2 map units
  • D 10 map units
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 10 map units
% of recombination = Distance between two genes =Total no. of recombinant phenotypesTotal no. of progeny x 100                                                                                                                                                                                                = 200 x 1002000 = 10 % or 10 cM

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