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Mendel Studied the Inheritance of Phenotypic Characters Determined by Alleles

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Mendel studied the inheritance of phenotypic characters determined by alleles of seven different genes.It is an interesting coincidence that the pea plant has seven pairs of chromosomes (n = 7).What is the probability that,by chance,Mendel's seven genes would each be located on a different chromosome? You may assume that the pea's chromosomes are all the same size.

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6!/76 = 6.12 * 10-3
Take each gene in turn....

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