Question

Which of the following cannot be determined from the recombination frequency?

(a) Location of a gene on chromosome

(b) Gene density of chromosome

(c) Linkage pattern

(d) Phenotype associated with a gene

I had been asked this question in an internship interview.

The above asked question is from Inheritance Principles in division Principles of Inheritance and Variation of Biology – Class 12

Answer 1

Right answer is (d) Phenotype associated with a gene

The best I can explain: Recombination frequencies provide an inside on the location of genes on the chromosome. It does not provide any information about the possible functions and hence associated phenotypes of a gene.