Want this question answered?
Gene linkage us considered an exception to Mendel's Law of Independent Assortment.
they are in the same linkage group
Independent assortment can take place only if genes are located on different homologous chromosomes .Mendel was lucky because 7 traits he studied were located on different homologous chromosomes .Bateson 1906 noted first deviation from Mendles law and it was explained by Morgan . Linked genes can't assort independently as they are transfered en block .
Linkage disequilibrium is the non-random association of alleles at two or more loci. It is broken down by recombination. Linkage equilibrium = independence between allele frequencies at two different SNPs Linkage disequilibrium = Association between alleles at different SNPs (SNPs are Single Nucleotide Polymorphism - Pronounced snips)
As in sex linkage?Well if a trait is sex linked then one gender may be more likely to have that trait than the other. For example, colour blindness is a trait that is linked to the X chromosome. So males are more likely to be colour blind than females because the colour blindness gene is recessive and males only have 1 X chromosome where as females have 2 X chromosomes. Though females may be carriers of the colour blindness chromosome, therefore potentially passing it on to their children (son or daughter).
Gene linkage us considered an exception to Mendel's Law of Independent Assortment.
linkage group, which is all the genes on a chromosome. linkage group, which is all the genes on a chromosome.
Linkage.
linkage group
they are in the same linkage group
a. the heterozygote should have the dominant phenotype b. the law of independent assortment always prevails c. genes that reside on the same chromosome should be passed together during meiosis dominant alleles should be passed together to the gametes e. segregation leads to new combinations of alleles in the gametes
A LINKAGE GROUP IS FORMED OF ALL THE GENES ON ONE CHROMOSOME. THERE ARE 23 PAIRS OF CHROMOSOMES IN HUMANS. HENCE 23 LINKAGE GROUPS.
Linkage is called gene linkage .It refers to linking up of genes in a chromosome .It was first properly explained by T.H. Morgan . As there are thousands of genes but number of chromosomes are limited hence each chromosome contains a large number of linked genes .
the distance between genes on the same chromosome
the distance between genes on the same chromosome
Gene linkage is where genes that are located near each other in a chromosome become linked together afterwards due to meiosis.
Linkage map: A map of the genes on a chromosome based on linkage analysis. A linkage map does not show the physical distances between genes but rather their relative positions, as determined by how often two gene loci are inherited together.