In a Cross Between an Arginine-Requiring,acetate-Requiring Strain of Neurospora and a Wild-Type

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Essay

In a cross between an arginine-requiring,acetate-requiring strain of Neurospora and a wild-type strain (arg ac * + +)the following ordered tetrads of asci were found,with the numbers of each type indicated below the particular tetrad:


a)Calculate the map distance between arg and its centromere.
b)Calculate the map distance between ac and its centromere.
c)What is the most likely map of the two genes in relation to each other and to the position of their respective centromere(s)?

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