Mapping eakaryote chromosomes by recombination - Mapping by recombinant frequency

8 important questions on Mapping eakaryote chromosomes by recombination - Mapping by recombinant frequency

What is the key to chromosome mapping?

The frequency of recombinants produced by crossing over

Do, for any two specific linked genes, crossovers take place between them in all meiocytes

No, only in some meiocytes, but not all

The closer/farther apart the genes are, the more likely that a crossover will take place and the higher/lower the proportion of recombinant products will be. Thus, the proportion of recombinants is a clue to the distance separating two gene loci on a chromosome map.

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Recombinant frequencies for different linked genes range from ... to ... percent, depending on their closeness. The farther apart genes are, the more closely their recombinant frequencies approach ... percent, and, in such cases, one cannot decide whether genes are linked or are on different chromosomes. What about recombinant frequencies greater than 50 percent? The answer is that such frequencies are never observed, as will be proved later

0-50, 50

How many reciprocal recombinant products does a single crossover generate?

2, which explains why the reciprocal recombinant classes are generally approximately equal in frequency. The corollary of this point is that the two parental nonrecombinant types also must be equal in frequency

Genetic map unit (m.u.)

One genetic map unit (m.u.) is the distance between genes for which 1 product of meiosis in 100 is recombinant.

For example the recombinant frequency (RF) of 10.7 percent obtained by Morgan is defined as 10.7 m.u.A map unit is sometimes referred to as a centimorgan (cM).

Is the distance on a linkage map a physical distance along a chromosome?

The linkage map is a hypothetical entity constructed from a purely genetic analysis.

Are the crossovers in adjacent chromosome regions independent events or does a crossover in one region affect the likelihood of there being a crossover in an adjacent region?

Generally, crossovers inhibit each other somewhat in an interaction called interference. Doublerecombinant classes can be used to deduce the extent of this interference.

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