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Linkage - Part 1

Date of this Version

2001

Document Type

Article

Citation

Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary (PASSeL) Lesson

Comments

Copyright © 2001 Don Lee. Used by permission.

This project was supported in part by the National Research Initiative Competitive Grants CAP project 2011-68002-30029 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, administered by the University of California-Davis and by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Undergraduate Education, National SMETE Digital Library Program, Award #0938034, administered by the University of Nebraska. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USDA or NSF.

Development of this lesson was supported in part by Cooperative State Research, Education, & Extension Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture under Agreement Number 98-EATP-1-0403 administered by Cornell University and the American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Abstract

Learn about the inheritance of traits that are controlled by independent genes, linked genes, and pleiotropic genes. Examine the key events in meiosis, calculate basic map distances.

Objectives - Linkage Part 1

At the completion of this lesson you will be able to:

  1. Contrast the inheritance of traits that are controlled by independent genes, linked genes, and pleiotropic genes.
  2. Demonstrate the physical basis of linkage by drawing the key events in meiosis.
  3. Calculate map distances from 2-point test cross and F2 data.
  4. Assemble linkage maps from map distance information.

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