Two crosses were made in Neurospora involvingthe mating type locus and either the ad or p genes.In both cases, the mating type locus (A or a) was oneof the loci whose segregation was scored. One crosswas ad A × ad+ a (cross i), and the other was p A × p+ a(cross ii). From cross i, 10 parental ditype, 9 nonparental ditype, and 1 tetratype asci were seen.From cross ii, the results were 24 parental ditype,3 nonparental ditype, and 27 tetratype asci.a. What are the linkage relationships between themating type locus and the other two loci?b. Although these two crosses were performed inNeurospora, you cannot use the data given tocalculate centromere-to-gene distances for anyof these genes. Why not?
Two crosses were made in Neurospora involving
the mating type locus and either the ad or p genes.
In both cases, the mating type locus (A or a) was one
of the loci whose segregation was scored. One cross
was ad A × ad+ a (cross i), and the other was p A × p+ a
(cross ii). From cross i, 10 parental ditype, 9 nonparental ditype, and 1 tetratype asci were seen.
From cross ii, the results were 24 parental ditype,
3 nonparental ditype, and 27 tetratype asci.
a. What are the linkage relationships between the
mating type locus and the other two loci?
b. Although these two crosses were performed in
Neurospora, you cannot use the data given to
calculate centromere-to-gene distances for any
of these genes. Why not?
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