1.

Answer the following questions: A. State the principle of independent assortment.B. How would the following affect the phenomenon of independent assortment ? a. Crossing over b. Linkage

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A. According to the principle of independent assortment the two factors of each character assort or separate out independently of the factors of other characters ,at the time of gamete formation and get randomly rearranged in the offsprings producing both parental and new combinations of characters.

B. 

a. Crossing over: Crossing over influences linked genes as a result of which 50% recombination is obtained in the test cross progeny. 

b. Linkage: It influences recombination which is less than 50%.



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