Independent assortment of genes does not takes 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

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Later, it was found that Mendel's law of independent assortment does not hold true for the genes that were located on the same chromosomes.

Chapter: Principles of Inheritance and Variation
Section: 4.8.3 Chromosomal Disorders
Page: 26
Words matched: 7 of 7

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that Mendel's law of independent assortment does not hold true for genes located on the same chromosomes, which directly matches option B's description of linked genes on the same chromosome.

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