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During his experiments with Drosophila, ...

During his experiments with Drosophila, Morgan discovered that

A

the genes for linkage were located on the Y-chromosome

B

If two genes in a dihybrid cross were situated on the same chromosome, the proportion of non-parental gene combination were much higher than the parental type

C

The distance between genes couldn't be measured using the frequency of recombination between gene pairs on the same chromosome.

D

When genes were grouped on the same chromosome, very tightly linked genes showed very low recombination while loosely linked genes showed higher recombination

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