An individual has the chromosomes below where the dot repres

An individual has the chromosomes below where the dot represents the centromere:

EFGH.IJKL EFGKJI.HL

If a crossover event occurs between the H and I loci, two recombinant chromosomes will be formed.

Enter the shortest recombinant chomosome with no spaces between the loci, using a period as the centromere.

Solution

Crossing over refers to the exchange of genetic material between homologus chromosomes that results in the formation of recombinant chromosomes.

In the above situation the order of genes on individual chromosome is different and hence if a crossing over takes place between the H and I loci the following recombinants are formed.

EFGHI.JKL and EFGKJI.HL will result in EFGH.HL and EFGKJ IIJKL

the second recombinant lacks centromere and may be lost during further segrergation