Practice mode Plant Breeding and Genetics

Maize has 10 pairs of chromosomes. If all its genes were mapped, how many linkage groups would there be?

Correct answer C. 10

Explanation

Each pair of homologous chromosomes forms one linkage group, so the number of linkage groups equals the haploid number, 10 for maize.

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