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A plant of genotype AB/ab is test crossed with ab/ab. If these two loci are 10cM apart what % of progeny will be AB/ab

A plant of genotype AB/ab is test crossed with ab/ab. If these two loci are 10cM apart what % of progeny will be AB/ab

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Simran Vinaik
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6 years ago

Among their progeny, 10 percent should be recombinant (A b/a b and a B/a b) and 90 percent should be parental (AB/ab and ab/ab).
Therefore, AB/ab should represent ½ of the parentals or 45 percent

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