NEET Previous Year Question
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Mendel's law of Independent assortment does not hold good for the genes that are located closely on the same chromosome.
Reason (R) : Closely located genes assort independently.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Topic: NEET PYQ
Answer: B. Full step-by-step solution below.
- ABoth (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
- B(A) is correct but (R) is not correct
- C(A) is not correct but (R) is correct
- DBoth (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Correct answer: B
Solution
(b) Assertion (A) → Correct. Genes located closely on the same chromosome are linked, so they do not assort independently.Reason (R) → Incorrect. Closely located genes do not assort independently; they tend to be inherited together due to linkage.
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