Q.Due to incomplete linkage in maize, the ratio of parental and recombinants are

Linkage is the tendency of genes located close together on the same chromosome to be inherited together, as a single physical unit, rather than assorting independently the way genes on separate chromosomes do. Because crossing over between two tightly linked genes during meiosis is rare, most gametes carry the original (parental) combination of alleles, and only a small fraction carry a new recombinant combination produced by an actual crossover event - so tightly linked genes show very few recombinant offspring, while genes located far apart on the same chromosome, where crossing over is more frequent, approach the recombination frequency expected of fully independent genes. This effect shows up experimentally in a dihybri …