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You testcross a fly that is heterozygous for three genes, A, B, and C. The wild

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Question

You testcross a fly that is heterozygous for three genes, A, B, and C. The wild type allele is designated with a "+" and the mutant allele is designated with a lower case letter. Below are the results of your test cross:

Phenotype               Observed
-------------------------------------
abc                          300
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+++                          300
-------------------------------------
ab+                           50
-------------------------------------
++c                           50
-------------------------------------
a++                          125
-------------------------------------
+bc                          125
-------------------------------------
a+c                           25
-------------------------------------
+b+                           25
------------------------------------
                               1000

1. Using X2, test if the three genes are unlinked.

   (a) What is the X2 value?

   (b) What is the p value?

   (c) Are these genes unlinked?

2. Draw the best map for these genes, include the map units.

3. Is there any interference? If so how much?

Explanation / Answer

+++   /abc   heterozygous        x         abc /abc    tester

Expected tarion form test cross 1:1:1:1:1:1:1:1

Phenotype

Observed   

expected

Difference(o-e)

(o-e)2         

(o-e)2 /e        

abc

300

125

-175

30625

245

+++

300

125

-175

30625

245

ab+

50

125

-75

5625

45

++c

50

125

-75

5625

45

a++

125

125

0

0

0

+bc

125

125

0

0

0

a+c

25

125

-100

10000

80

+b+

25

125

-100

10000

80

100

740

1. Using X2, test if the three genes are unlinked.

   (a) What is the X2 value?

X2 value=(o-e)2 /e        = 740

It is higher than table value at 5% level of significance,

It deviated from the test cross ratio

It can concluded that the genes linked

Phenotype

Observed   

expected

Difference(o-e)

(o-e)2         

(o-e)2 /e        

abc

300

125

-175

30625

245

+++

300

125

-175

30625

245

ab+

50

125

-75

5625

45

++c

50

125

-75

5625

45

a++

125

125

0

0

0

+bc

125

125

0

0

0

a+c

25

125

-100

10000

80

+b+

25

125

-100

10000

80

100

740

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