Q: What if Mendel had studied characteristics controlled by genes on the same chromosome? Would he have been able to make his same conclusions explain.

What if Mendel had studied characteristics controlled by genes on the same chromosome? Would he have been able to make his same conclusions explain.

Flexi Says: Genes that are located on the same chromosome are called linked genes. Alleles for these genes tend to segregate together during meiosis unless they are separated by crossing-over. Had the genes studied by Mendel been linked, the results of Mendel's experiments would have been completely different and wouldn't have led to Mendel's laws.