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Recombination frequency=
the number of recombinant progeny/ total number of progeny
Recombinant progeny carry combinations of alleles different from those in either of the parents as a result of independent assortment of chromosomes or crossing over
Sturtevant used crossover data to map gene loci; using recombination data from fruit fly crosses, he figured out relative positions of genes on chromosomes