Q. Genes, when close together on a chromosome, are known as
A) Linkage
B) Mutation
C) Translation
D) transscription
Explanation
Linkage is the inheritance of certain genes as a group because they are parts of the same chromosome. Linked genes do not show independent assortmant. Linkage was first suspected and theorized in 1903 by Sutton and Boveri.
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