A wild-type fruit fly (heterozygous for gray body color and wings) mated with a black fruit fly with no wings. The offspring are: gray body with wings: 895 black body with wings: 905 gray body without wings: 110 black body without wings: 90 What is the recombination frequency between the two genes?

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A wild-type fruit fly (heterozygous for gray body color and wings) is
mated with a black fruit fly with no wings. The offspring are:
gray body with wings: 895
black body with wings: 905
gray body without wings: 110
black body without wings: 90
What is the recombination frequency between the two genes?
Transcribed Image Text:A wild-type fruit fly (heterozygous for gray body color and wings) is mated with a black fruit fly with no wings. The offspring are: gray body with wings: 895 black body with wings: 905 gray body without wings: 110 black body without wings: 90 What is the recombination frequency between the two genes?
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