Principle Of Inheritance And Variation Question 129

Question: Mendel observed that some characters did not assort independently. Later researchers found it to be due to [MP PMT 1995, 98]

Options:

A) Crossing-over

B) Linkage

C) Dominance of one trait over the other

D) Amitosis

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

Mendel’s law of independent assortment is not universally accepted and is applied only to genes present on different chromosomes and not to genes present on the same chromosome.