Question

Which of the following statement is NOT true regarding linkage group?

(a) Group of physically linked genes

(b) Represent a haploid number of chromosomes

(c) Shown by linkage map

(d) Linkage groups are not correlated with each other

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Answer 1

Right choice is (d) Linkage groups are not correlated with each other

The best I can explain: The linkage group refers to the group of genes physically linked together. The number of linkage group represents the haploid number of chromosomes in a species, i.e. the number of linkage group can be correlated as the number of homologous pairs.