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In a cross in Drosphila, the heterozygous animal with grey body (b+) and long wings (vg+) was crossed with an animal with black body and vestigial wings. The progeny has the animals in the following ratio : Grey vestigial 24; grey long 126; black long26 ; black vestigial 124. What is the frequency of recombinants in the population?

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15.8
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16.7
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17.5
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14.5
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Solution

The correct option is B 16.7
Frequency of crossing over =Number of recombinantsTotal properly×100=50×100300=16.7% (i.e,) distance between the 2 genes is 16.7 map units.

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