Statement A: In Drosophila, the distance between the linked genes y and w is more than the distance between the genes w and m.
Statement B: In Drosophila, the recombination frequency with respect to genes y and w is 1.3% and with respect to w and m is 37.2%.

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Statement A is correct and B is incorrect.

Statement A is incorrect and B is correct.

Statements A and B are incorrect.

Statements A and B are correct.

answer is B.

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In Drosophila, the distance between the genes y and w is lesser as the recombination frequency with respect to these two genes is 1.3% than with respect to w and m whose recombination frequency is 37%. More is the recombination frequency, more is the distance between the genes.

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