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Researchers cross a corn plant that is pure
the recessive traits colorless aleurone (
Counting the kernels from about
a. Why are these data consistent with genetic linkageamong the three genes?
b. Perform a
c. What is the order of these genes in corn?
d. Calculate the recombination fraction between the genepairs.
e. What is the interference value for this data set?
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