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Imagine you carry a chromosome with one especially beneficial gene (for instance, one that provides resistance to a particular disease) and one especially non-beneficial gene (for instance, one that is a risk factor for a different disease). Both genes occur at different loci on the same chromosome. Would it be possible for your offspring to receive only the beneficial gene? Why or why not?