TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 40379


Given below are two statements:
Assertion (A): Linkage and Independent Assortment are opposing phenomena.
Reason (R): Independent Assortment occurs when genes are located on different chromosomes (or far apart on the same one), whereas Linkage occurs when genes are located very close together on the same chromosome.
Choose the correct answer:

#Botany
  1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).
  3. (A) is true but (R) is false.
  4. (A) is false but (R) is true.