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Data are given on 1107 mice from matings in which the seventh linkage groups marker vt was segregating jointly with sex. The recombination frequency was estimated as 51.64 ±1.94%. This is in poor agreement with the value of about 56% indicated by Wright’s [Mrs M. E. Wallace’s] (1947) data on the recombination of sex and sh-2.
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The frequency of recombination betweenRe and sex was estimated as 51.0 ± 2.9%.
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Independence data were given on an additional 46 pairs of loci.
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The relation of the seventh linkage group to sex was discussed in connexion with various anomalous observations.
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A compilation of significant associations between pairs of unlinked loci was made from published independence data and discussed in the light of the hypothesis of affinity.
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Michie, D. Genetical studies with ‘Vestigial Tail’ mice III. New independence data. J Genet 53, 285–294 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02993983
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