NEET 2022 Botany Linkage and Recombination Assertion Reason Question
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 assortment 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:
(A) is correct but (R) is not correct.
(A) is not correct but (R) is correct.
Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Correct Answer
Detailed Explanation
Mendel’s law of Independent assortment is not applicable to genes located closely on the same chromosome due to linkage, which prevents independent assortment.
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