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Q. What gametes are produced by an individual whose genotype is AB/ab, if crossing over can occur between the genes?

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Answered by nancyraj
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Answered by d687cyoyo
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Key points:

When genes are found on different chromosomes or far apart on the same chromosome, they assort independently and are said to be unlinked.

When genes are close together on the same chromosome, they are said to be linked. That means the alleles, or gene versions, already together on one chromosome will be inherited as a unit more frequently than not.

We can see if two genes are linked, and how tightly, by using data from genetic crosses to calculate the recombination frequency.

By finding recombination frequencies for many gene pairs, we can make linkage maps that show the order and relative distances of the genes on the chromosome.

Introduction

In general, organisms have a lot more genes than chromosomes. For instance, we humans have roughly 19,19,19, comma000000000 genes on 232323 chromosomes (present in two sets)^11start superscript, 1, end superscript. Similarly, the humble fruit fly—a favorite subject of study for geneticists—has around 13,13,13, comma000000000 genes on 444chromosomes (also present in two sets)^22squared.

The consequence? Each gene isn't going to get its own chromosome. In fact, not even close! Quite a few genes are going to be lined up in a row on each chromosome, and some of them are going to be squished very close together.

Does this affect how genes are inherited? In some cases, the answer is yes. Genes that are sufficiently close together on a chromosome will tend to "stick together," and the versions (alleles) of those genes that are together on a chromosome will tend to be inherited as a pair more often than not.

This phenomenon is called genetic linkage. When genes are linked, genetic crosses involving those genes will lead to ratios of gametes (egg and sperm) and offspring types that are not what we'd predict from Mendel's law of independent assortment. Let's take a closer look at why this is the case.

What is genetic linkage?

When genes are on separate chromosomes, or very far apart on the same chromosomes, they assort independently. That is, when the genes go into gametes, the allele received for one gene doesn't affect the allele received for the other. In a double heterozygous organism (AaBb), this results in the formation of all 444 possible types of gametes with equal, or 25\%25%25, percent, frequency.

Why is this the case? Genes on separate chromosomes assort independently because of the random orientation of homologous chromosome pairs during meiosis. Homologous chromosomes are paired chromosomes that carry the same genes, but may have different alleles of those genes. One member of each homologous pair comes from an organism's mom, the other from its dad.

As illustrated in the diagram below, the homologues of each pair separate in the first stage of meiosis. In this process, which side the "dad" and "mom" chromosomes of each pair go to is random. When we are following two genes, this results in four types of gametes that are produced with equal frequency.

When genes are on the same chromosome but very far apart, they assort independently due to crossing over (homologous recombination). This is a process that happens at the very beginning of meiosis, in which homologous chromosomes randomly exchange matching fragments. Crossing over can put new alleles together in combination on the same chromosome, causing them to go into the same gamete. When genes are far apart, crossing over happens often enough that all types of gametes are produced with 25\%25%25, percent frequency.

When genes are very close together on the same chromosome, crossing over still occurs, but the outcome (in terms of gamete types produced) is different. Instead of assorting independently, the genes tend to "stick together" during meiosis. That is, the alleles of the genes that are already together on a chromosome will tend to be passed as a unit to gametes. In this case, the genes are linked. For example, two linked genes might behave like this:

Now, we see gamete types that are present in very unequal proportions. The common types of gametes contain parental configurations of alleles—that is, the ones that were already together on the chromosome in the organism before meiosis (i.e, on the chromosome it got from its parents). The rare types of gametes contain recombinantconfigurations of alleles, that is, ones that can only form if a recombination event (crossover) occurs in between the genes.

Why are the recombinant gamete types rare? The basic reason is that crossovers between two genes that are close together are not very common. Crossovers during meiosis happen at more or less random positions along the chromosome, so the frequency of crossovers between two genes depends on the distance between them. A very short distance is, effectively, a very small "target" for crossover events, meaning that few such events will take place (as compared to the number of events between two further-apart genes).

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