Drosophila Double Cross Lab Report

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In this experiment, a three-point test cross is used to determine the genetic map of Drosophila. Three genes are used instead of two genes because it makes different ratios and because there are opportunities for new recombinants to appear. The parental, or non-recombinants, occur the most. These are the genes that are the same as the parent flies. The double cross overs are genes that occur the least. The single crossovers have frequencies that are in between the parental and the double cross overs. Recombinant frequencies are important for determining whether genes are linked or not. In Prophase I of meiosis, homologous chromosomes exchange information in a process that is called crossing over. This process creates the recombinant genes that

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