Statement A: Genes for body color and eye color in Drosophila are strongly linked than the genes for eye color and length of wings.
Statement B: There is formation of more recombinants with respect to body color and eye color than eye color and length of wings.

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Statement A is correct and B is incorrect

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The recombination frequency with respect to body color and eye color is 1.3% which shows the two genes are strongly linked. The recombination frequency with respect to eye color and length of wings is 37.2% which shows that the genes for eye color and length of wings are loosely linked. Less recombinants are formed if the genes are strongly linked.

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