In squirrels, bushy tail (B) is dominant to smooth tail (b), and gray coat (G) is dominant to brown coat (g). These two loci are linked. Pure-breeding gray, smooth-tailed squirrels were mated to pure-breeding brown, bushy-tailed squirrels. The F1 were testcrossed. Testcross progeny consisted of 278 gray, smooth-tailed, 24 gray, bushy-tailed, 306 brown, bushy-tailed, and 35 brown, smooth-tailed squirrels. Calculate the map distance between these two genes in centimorgans. Round your answer properly to 2 decimal digits. Type in only the numerical value for your map distance without indicating the units.

The percentage of recombinants = (59/643) ×100 = 9.1%. Thus, the two genes are 9.1 mu or 9.1 cm apart.

The percentage of palatals = (584/643) ×100 = 9.1%. Thus, the two genes are 90.8 mu or 90.8 cm apart.

Explanation:

Find the given attachment

1) gene flow

- it is described as the transfer of genes from one population to another population so that frequency of gene is increased.

-a zebra migrates to join a different herd of zebras.

2) natural selection

- a mechanism of evolutionary change in which individuals with advantageous traits survive and reproduce whereas the others ( those that can not adapt) eliminate from the population.

-competition for sunlight leads to taller trees.

3) mutation

- permanent change in the nucleotide sequence of dna ( genetic material) that could have harmful or useful consequences.

-the dna of a snake changes to make its venom stronger.

4) genetic drift - it is a random phenomenon ( that occurs by chance such as fire) that results in change in the gene frequency in a small population.    

-a grassfire randomly sweeps through a population of buffalo and kills most of the animals.

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