Complex sentence: As a result, genes that were originally on the same chromosome can finish up on different chromosomes--genetic recombination.The distance between two alleles on a chromosome can be determined by calculating the percentage or recombination between two loci.
Split into simpler sentences: As a result, genes that were originally on the same chromosome can finish up on different chromosomes. Alleles that are closer together have lower rates of recombination than those that are located far apart.The distance between two alleles on a chromosome can be determined by calculating the percentage or recombination between two loci.