Practice question
Question
genetic cross was made between homozygous wild-type males (a ⁺ a ⁺ b ⁺ b ⁺ c ⁺ c ⁺ ) and triple - mutant females (aabbcc) of Drosophila melanogaster. Then the F ₁ males (a ⁺ ab ⁺ bc ⁺ c) were back crossed to the triple-mutant females which resulted in the following F2 progenies: The order of genes as determined from the above data was found to be "b a c" (note that the order is equivalent to "cab" and the order of outside makers are arbitrary). The map distance between "band c" is __ centiMorgan (round off to 1 decimal place).
Explanation
Biologically, Mendelian segregation operates via allele distribution and recombination generate phenotypic variation. Thus Option NAT is appropriate since it follows segregation and linkage principles, reinforcing core concepts taught in genetics.
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