Select the correct statement with respect to linkage.

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Tightly linked genes on the same chromosome show higher recombination.

Genes far apart on the same chromosome show very few recombination.

Genes loosely linked on the same chromosome show similar recombination as the tightly linked ones.

Tightly linked genes on the same chromosome show very few recombination.

answer is D.

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Morgan proposed that the strength of linkage between two genes depends upon the distance between the genes on the chromosome. Genes located farther away from one another on the same chromosome were more likely to be separated during recombination as they are loosely linked.

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