Which of the following statements is not one of Morgan's key ideas about independent assortment?
A. Crossing-over events during meiosis results in the exchange of genetic information between homologues.
B. Alleles for different genes on the same chromosome are usually inherited together.
C. The closer genes are to each other on the chromosome, the less likely a crossover will occur between them.
D. Linked genes are always inherited together.
E. All of these statements are part of Morgan's Theory of Independent Assortment.
Answer: D
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