Option C: linked genes cannot cross over and recombine
Genes that are located on the same chromosome and have very little distance between the two are known as linked genes. Because of this reason, they can get inherited together with the new generation and produce the same characteristics as their parents.
When genes are located at a large distance on a chromosome, they are more likely to perform crossing over with the genes of the other parents. In this way, crossing over can be defined as the exchange of genes between homologous chromosomes of both parents. This results in the mixing up of the parental characteristics in the offspring. The characteristic then produced in the offspring is somewhat similar to the parents.
Similarly, when genes are located far from each other, parts of DNA break and combine with the other parents' DNA exchanging genetic information to form a completely different character in the offspring. This is what we call recombination.
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