Linkage on a single chromosome violates Mendel's law of
A) independent assortment.
B) equal segregation.
C) dominance.
D) blending inheritance.
E) codominance.

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Linkage on a single chromosome violates Mendel's law of independent assortment, which states that alleles of different genes segregate independently of each other during the formation of gametes. However, linked genes on the same chromosome are inherited together and do not assort independently.

Linkage on a Single Chromosome Violates Mendel's Law of