Recall that, in Chapter 4, we considered the possibility that a crossover event may affect the likelihood of another crossover. In the bacteriophage T4, gene a is 1.0 m.u. from gene b, which is 0.2 m.u. from gene c. The gene order is a, b, c. In a recombination experiment, you recover five double crossovers between a and c from 100,000 progeny viruses. Is it correct to conclude that interference is negative? Explain your answer.

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Recall that, in Chapter 4, we considered the possibility
that a crossover event may affect the likelihood of
another crossover. In the bacteriophage T4, gene a is
1.0 m.u. from gene b, which is 0.2 m.u. from gene c. The
gene order is a, b, c. In a recombination experiment, you
recover five double crossovers between a and c from
100,000 progeny viruses. Is it correct to conclude that interference is negative? Explain your answer.

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