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What did Morgan's student Alfred Sturtevant use the frequency of recombination between gene pairs on the same chromosome to do?

Option: 1

Determine the phenotype of the F1 generation in dihybrid crosses


Option: 2

 Determine the genotype of the F2 generation in dihybrid crosses


Option: 3

Map the position of genes on the chromosome

 


Option: 4

Calculate the expected ratio of phenotypes in a monohybrid cross


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Alfred Sturtevant used the frequency of recombination between gene pairs on the same chromosome as a measure of the distance between genes and "mapped" their position on the chromosome. This allowed him to determine the relative positions of different genes on the same chromosome.

Option 3 is the correct answer. 

 

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