Independent assortment of genes does not take
place when
(a) genes are located on homologous chromosomes
(b) genes are linked and located on same
chromosome
(c) genes are located on non-homogenous
chromosome
(d) all of these.

1 Answer

Answer :

genes are linked and located on same
chromosome

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