distance between genes that control eye colour and body colour in drosophila
1) 10 mu
2) 1.3 mu
3) 37.2 mu
4) 98.7 mu
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Answer:
37.2 mu.........maybe it's correct
Answer:
correct option - (2) 1.3 mu
The distance between genes that control eye color and body color in drosophila is 1.3 mu.
Explanation:
The procedure of finding out the location of genes in a particular chromosome is known as genetic mapping. Through genetic mapping, the distance between two or more genes can be easily determined.
The distance between two genes determines the amount of recombination to be found within them. The more the recombination percentage, the more will be the distance, and less will be the linkage between them.
Genetic distance between two genes can be expressed either in percentage or mapping units (mu).
Drosophila has many genes including eye and body color. The recombination frequency between them is found to be really low indicating that they must be linked. The distance between them is 1.3 mu.