If a Mating Results in 6 Parental and 3 Recombinant

question 3

Multiple Choice

If a mating results in 6 parental and 3 recombinant type offspring between a gene of interest and a marker locus, what is the Lod score for linkage at this locus?

• A)0.22
• B)1.1
• C)6.3
• D)11

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