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Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
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Chapter 11.4, Problem 3CYL
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The frequencies of the genotypes and
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Independent assortment is the arrangement of genes during the process of recombination independently of each other located on a chromosomal locus.
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