A Situation Where the Coefficient of Coincidence Is Greater Than

question 54

Multiple Choice

A situation where the coefficient of coincidence is greater than 1.0 would indicate that:

• A)the interference is high and one crossover suppresses the occurrence of a second one.
• B)no double crossovers were found in the progeny of a testcross, even though some were expected based on probability.
• C)double crossovers were found in the progeny of a testcross, but there were fewer of them than would be expected based on probability.
• D)there were more double crossovers in the progeny than would be expected based on probability.
• E)the genes involved were actually assorting independently.

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