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When a yellow body, white eyed female is crossed with brown body, red eyed male, there was the formation of only 1.3% recombinant. This indicates:

a
The genes for eye colour and body colour are loosely linked
b
The distance between the eye colour and body colour is 98.7 cM
c
The genes for eye colour and body colour are very tightly linked.
d
The genes for eye colour and body colour are located on different chromosome

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Correct option is C

When a yellow body, white eyes female is crossed with brown body, red eyed male, there was the formation of only 1.3% recombinant. his indicates the genes for eye colour and body colour are very tightly linked. Distance between the genes for eye colour and body colour is 1.3cM.

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