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A single crossover is when homologous chromosomes are aligned and chromatids from two different chromosomes can exchange segments resulting in genetic recombination.
Another comparison is shown here
THIS is a great link that will teach you how to determine linkage distance using some simple crosses (likely to show up on the MCAT)
Hoep this helps, good luck!
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A single crossover is when homologous chromosomes are aligned and chromatids from two different chromosomes can exchange segments resulting in genetic recombination.
In double crossovers, chromatids from two homologous chromosomes come in contact at two points.
Another comparison is shown here
THIS is a great link that will teach you how to determine linkage distance using some simple crosses (likely to show up on the MCAT)
Hoep this helps, good luck!
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what's the difference between the "parental" and "recombinant" from single and double crossover (in the 3rd image)? why isn't there a recombinant for double crossover?A single crossover is when homologous chromosomes are aligned and chromatids from two different chromosomes can exchange segments resulting in genetic recombination.
In double crossovers, chromatids from two homologous chromosomes come in contact at two points.
Another comparison is shown here
THIS is a great link that will teach you how to determine linkage distance using some simple crosses (likely to show up on the MCAT)
Hoep this helps, good luck!
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Hi @br2pi5,
Basically, "parental" means "original." In the third image, it looks like the double crossover they show only affected non-coding regions between the genes of interest -- you can see it on the right-hand side of the image as the blue sub-strand incorporated into the yellow strand on the top and the yellow sub-strand incorporated into the blue strand on the bottom. So this double crossover event would have been "silent" in terms of not affecting the genotype combinations, and the outcome would still have the "parental" (= "original") combination of genotypes. However, there's no reason why it would have to be that way -- the area of recombination affected by the double crossover could have also included the b/b+ coding regions.
Hope this helps clarify things!
Basically, "parental" means "original." In the third image, it looks like the double crossover they show only affected non-coding regions between the genes of interest -- you can see it on the right-hand side of the image as the blue sub-strand incorporated into the yellow strand on the top and the yellow sub-strand incorporated into the blue strand on the bottom. So this double crossover event would have been "silent" in terms of not affecting the genotype combinations, and the outcome would still have the "parental" (= "original") combination of genotypes. However, there's no reason why it would have to be that way -- the area of recombination affected by the double crossover could have also included the b/b+ coding regions.
Hope this helps clarify things!
