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Mendel law of independent assortment doe...

Mendel law of independent assortment does not hold true for the genes that are located closely on

A

same chromosome

B

non-homologous chromosomes

C

X-chromosome

D

autosomes

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As per linkage experiments carried out by Morgan, the two linked genes do not always segregate independently of each other and `F_(2)` ratio deviated very significantly from `9:3:3:` ratio (expected when two genes are independent). Hence, if linkage was known at the time of Mendel, he would not have been able to explain law ofd independent assorment.
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