6. In Drosophila melanogaster, the wild-type eye colour is dark red. A pure-breeding mutant strain with white eyes also exists. When reciprocal crosses are made between (i) a white-eyed male a wild-type female, and (ii) a white-eyed female a wild-type male, the progeny are as follows: (1) P: White-eyed male x red-eyed female F1: red-eyed males and females F2: 100 progeny; 27 red-eved males, 24 white-eyed males, 49 red-eyed females (ii) P: red eyed male x white-eyed female F1: white-eyed males and red-eyed females F2: 100 progeny; 23 red-eved males 26 white-eyed males, 28 red-eyed females, 23 white-eyed females. How do you interpret these data?

6. In Drosophila melanogaster, the wild-type eye colour is dark red. A pure-breeding mutant strain with white eyes also exists. When reciprocal crosses are made between (i) a white-eyed male a wild-type female, and (ii) a white-eyed female a wild-type male, the progeny are as follows: (1) P: White-eyed male x red-eyed female F1: red-eyed males and females F2: 100 progeny; 27 red-eved males, 24 white-eyed males, 49 red-eyed females (ii) P: red eyed male x white-eyed female F1: white-eyed males and red-eyed females F2: 100 progeny; 23 red-eved males 26 white-eyed males, 28 red-eyed females, 23 white-eyed females. How do you interpret these data?

Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)

14th Edition

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Author:Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

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Chapter14: Chromosomes And Human Inheritance

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 3GP: Human females have two X chromosomes (XX); males have one X and one Y chromosome (XY). a. With...

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