NEET 2022
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2022
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Principles of Inheritance and Variation
NEET 2022 · Zoology · Principles of Inheritance and Variation
Given below are two statements one is labelled as: Assertion (A)...
Given below are two statements one is labelled as: Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Mendel's law of independent assortments does not hold good for the genes that are located closely on the same chromosome.
Reason (R); Closely located genes assort independently.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Options
- ABoth (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
- B(A) is correct but (R) is not correct
- C(A) is not correct but (R) is correct
- DBoth (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Correct answer
B. (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
Step-by-step solution
Mendel's law of independent assortment states that, when two pairs of traits are combined in a hybrid, segregation of one pair of characters is independent of the other pair of characters. The genes that are located closely on the same chromosomes do not assort independently due to linkage.