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An animal heterozygous for a reciprocal balanced translocation has the following chromosomes:
MN-OPQRST
MN-OPQRjkl
cdef-ghijkl
cdef- ghiST
Diagram the pairing of these chromosomes in prophase I.
- Identify the gametes produced by alternate segregation. Which of these gametes are viable?
- Identify the gametes produced by adjacent-1 segregation. Which of these gametes are viable?
- Identify the gametes produced by adjacent-2 segregation. Which of these gametes are viable?
- Which of the three segregation patterns is the least likely to occur?