Longer regions have more crossovers and thus higher recombinant frequencies Unseen distribution of crossovers Meiocyte 1 b. B Meiocyte 2 Meiocyte 3 Meiocyte 4 etc. Few recombinants Numerous recombinants Short map distance Long map distance FIGURE 4-10 Crossovers produce recombinant chromatids whose Chromosome frequency can be used to map genes on a chromosome. Longer regions produce more crossovers. Brown shows recombinants for that interval. map A B locus locus locus ...

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In Figure 4-10, what is the mean frequency of crossovers
per meiosis in the region A–B? The region B–C?

Longer regions have more crossovers
and thus higher recombinant frequencies
Unseen distribution of crossovers
Meiocyte 1
b.
B
Meiocyte 2
Meiocyte 3
Meiocyte 4
etc.
Few
recombinants
Numerous
recombinants
Short map
distance
Long map
distance
FIGURE 4-10 Crossovers produce
recombinant chromatids whose
Chromosome
frequency can be used to map genes
on a chromosome. Longer regions
produce more crossovers. Brown
shows recombinants for that interval.
map
A
B
locus
locus
locus
...
Transcribed Image Text:Longer regions have more crossovers and thus higher recombinant frequencies Unseen distribution of crossovers Meiocyte 1 b. B Meiocyte 2 Meiocyte 3 Meiocyte 4 etc. Few recombinants Numerous recombinants Short map distance Long map distance FIGURE 4-10 Crossovers produce recombinant chromatids whose Chromosome frequency can be used to map genes on a chromosome. Longer regions produce more crossovers. Brown shows recombinants for that interval. map A B locus locus locus ...
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