The diploid garden pea plant has 14 chromosomes. The haploid fungus Neurospora crassa has 7 chromosomes. Neither organism has separate male and female individuals. Therefore, the number of linkage groups in these two organisms is

A) the garden pea has 14 linkage groups, and Neurospora has 7.
B) the garden pea has 7 linkage groups, and Neurospora has 7.
C) the garden pea has 8 linkage groups, and Neurospora has 8.
D) the garden pea has 15 linkage groups, and Neurospora has 8.


B) the garden pea has 7 linkage groups, and Neurospora has 7.

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