Three genes (a, b, and c) at three loci are being mapped in a particular species. each gene has two alleles, one of which results in a phenotype that is markedly different from the wild type. the unusual allele of gene a is inherited with the unusual allele of gene b or c about 50% of the time. however, the unusual alleles of genes b and c are inherited together 14.4% of the time. which of the following describes what is happening? a. the three genes are showing independent assortment. b. the three genes are showing independent assortment. c. gene a is linked but genes b and c are not. d. gene a is assorting independently of genes b and c, which are linked. e. gene a is located 14.4 map unites from genes b and c.`

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Proteins are the workhorses of the cell, controlling virtually every reaction within as well as providing structure and serving as signals to other cells. proteins are long chains of  amino acids  , and the exact sequence of the amino acids determines the final structure and function of the protein. instructions for that sequence are encoded in  genes  . to make a particular protein, a messenger ribonucleic acid (mrna) copy is made from the gene (in the process called  transcription  ), and the mrna is transported to the  ribosome  . protein synthesis, also called  translation  , begins when the two ribosomal subunits link onto the mrna. this step, called initiation, is followed by elongation, in which successive amino acids are added to the growing chain, brought in by transfer rnas (trnas). in this step, the ribosome reads the  nucleotides  of mrna three by three, in units called  codons  , and matches each to three nucleotides on the trna, called the anticodon. finally, during termination, the ribosome unbinds from the mrna, and the  amino acid  chain goes on to be processed and folded to make the final, functional protein