A female hamster from a true-breeding big-eared strain was crossed to a male hamster from a true-breeding short-whiskered strain. Their offspring(F1) had normal ear size and whisker legnth.  1. One of the F1 males was crossed to a true-breeding big-eared, short-whiskered female. the following progeny were obtained. Are the loci regulating ear size and whisker lenght linked, and if so, what is the map distance between them?  Normal ear, normal-whiskers  6 Big-eared, normal-whiskers  22 normal eared, short-whiskers  17 big-eared, shor-whiskers 5 2. Assume that the genes controlling ear size and whisker length are linked and have a map distance of 40cM. What would be the frequency of normal ear, short-whiskered hamsters among the progeny from a testcross of an F1 female?  a. 0.4 b. 0.2  c. 0.3 d. 0.5 e. 0.1

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A female hamster from a true-breeding big-eared strain was crossed to a male hamster from a true-breeding short-whiskered strain. Their offspring(F1) had normal ear size and whisker legnth. 

1. One of the F1 males was crossed to a true-breeding big-eared, short-whiskered female. the following progeny were obtained. Are the loci regulating ear size and whisker lenght linked, and if so, what is the map distance between them? 

Normal ear, normal-whiskers  6
Big-eared, normal-whiskers  22
normal eared, short-whiskers  17
big-eared, shor-whiskers 5

2. Assume that the genes controlling ear size and whisker length are linked and have a map distance of 40cM. What would be the frequency of normal ear, short-whiskered hamsters among the progeny from a testcross of an F1 female? 

a. 0.4

b. 0.2 

c. 0.3

d. 0.5

e. 0.1 

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