NEETZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and Variation
What did Alfred Sturtevant create using the recombination frequencies between genes?
Options
- AA genetic model
- BA chromosome map
- CA Punnett square
- DA phylogenetic tree
Correct answer
B. A chromosome map
Step-by-step solution
Morgan and his group knew that the genes were located on the X chromosome (Section 4.4) and saw quickly that when the two genes in a dihybrid cross were situated on the same chromosome, the proportion of parental gene combinations were much higher than the non-parental type. Morgan attributed this due to the physical association or linkage of the two genes and coined the term linkage to describe this physical association of genes on a chromosome and the term recombination to describe the generation of non-parental