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question 30

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question.
A plantlike organism on the hypothetical planet Pandora has three genetic traits: leaf color, controlled by gene L; a stem texture, controlled by gene S; and root length controlled by gene R. The three genes are linked and recombine.
A geneticist performed a testcross with a strain of the organism that is heterozygous for the three traits. She recorded progeny with the following phenotypic distribution:

What is the approximate distance between genes L and S?

• A) 3 map units
• B) 6 map units
• C) 15 map units
• D) 30 map units

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