Given below are two statements. One is labelled Assertion (A) and the other is labelled Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Morgan's experiments showed that the genes of white eyes and miniature wing in Drosophila exhibited 37.2 percent recombination.
Reason (R): Genes that are loosely linked show higher recombination frequencies compared to genes that are tightly linked.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

A is true, but R is false.

A is false, but R is true.

answer is A.

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Genes that are loosely linked show higher recombination frequencies compared to genes that are tightly linked. This is the reason why Morgan's experiments showed that the genes of white eyes and miniature wings in Drosophila which are distantly located exhibited 37.2 percent recombination (loosely linked), while the genes for body color and eye color which are closely located show very little % of recombination (tightly linked).

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